My adventures as a spy
by Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell
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About This Book
Large Format for easy reading. By the soldier, writer and founder of the world Scouting movement. Recounts Baden-Powell's experiences in espionage during his military career, and talks about 'the sport of spying'. Details some of his adventures scouting out military emplacements in foreign countries, establishing a cover and collecting information. Also details the different types of spies. Baden-Powell shows that spying is a craft that can be learned, but also requires a certain intelligence and ability to swiftly improvise and adapt to situations in the field. The book acts as a great introd...
Chapters (171)
- MY ADVENTURES AS A SPY
- LIEUT.-GEN. SIR ROBERT BADEN-POWELL, K.C.B.
- Illustrated by the Author's Own Sketches
- 1915
- CHIEF CONTENTS
- MY ADVENTURES AS A SPY
- THE DIFFERENT DEGREES OF SPIES.
- STRATEGICAL AGENTS.
- TACTICAL AGENTS.
- RESIDENTIAL SPIES.
- OFFICER AGENTS.
- COMMERCIAL SPYING.
- GERMANY'S INVASION PLANS.
- FIELD SPIES.
- CATCHING A SPY.
- CONVEYING INFORMATION.
- SECRET SIGNALS AND WARNINGS.
- SPIES IN WAR TIME.
- THE PLUCK OF A SPY.
- TRAITOROUS SPYING.
- THE GERMAN SPY ORGANISATION.
- THE VALUE OF BEING STUPID.
- CONCEALING A FORT IN A MOTH'S HEAD.
- BUTTERFLY HUNTING IN DALMATIA.
- HOW SPIES DISGUISE THEMSELVES.
- THE SPORT OF SPYING.
- THE VALUE OF HIDE-AND-SEEK.
- SPYING ON MOUNTAIN TROOPS.
- POSING AS AN ARTIST.
- FOOLING A GERMAN SENTRY.
- A SPY IS SUSPICIOUS.
- HOODWINKING A TURKISH SENTRY.
- TEA AND A TURK.
- SORE FEET.
- AUSTRIAN OFFICERS.
- AN INTERESTING TASK.
- ENCOUNTER WITH THE POLICE.
- SUCCESS WITH THE BALLOON.
- HOW TO ENTER A FORT.
- HOW WE GOT THE SECRET LIGHT.
- HOW THE BIG RIVER WAS SWUM.
- CAUGHT AT LAST.
- THE ESCAPE.
- CONCLUSION.
- Books for War Time.
- C. ARTHUR PEARSON, LTD.
- HENRIETTA STREET, LONDON, W.C.
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