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July 1, 1920
The Washburn Times
Washburn, Bayfield County, Wisconsin
What is this article about?
A young British soldier named Thorneycroft, stranded in Turkey during WWI after Townshend's failed offensive, ruled over 60 villages and 60,000 people until Allenby's troops arrived, proving his worth like a character from Kipling's tale.
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ACCEPTED MANDATE OF FATE
Young English Soldier Proved Himself Worthy When Called to Position of Responsibility.
When Rudyard Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King" was published it was regarded as an excursion into the improbable, if not the impossible.
It was the Anglo-Saxon imagination accepted by the colorful Hindustan civilization.
But the sober chronicles of the war have outdone Kipling. Thorneycroft, a twenty-two-year-old British trooper, found himself stranded in Turkey after Townshend's ill-fated offensive.
Nothing daunted, he accepted his predicament as a mandate of Fate. He proceeded to rule over a territory containing 60 villages and 60,000 people, and he ruled them until relieved by the martial law brought by Allenby's troops. The son of a hotel keeper of Bristol, he proved at the test that he was of imperial fiber.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
It always has been and always will be, with Tommy Atkins or his first cousin, the doughboy, as protagonist. Each possesses the comic spirit that means adaptability, no matter what the emergency.
Young English Soldier Proved Himself Worthy When Called to Position of Responsibility.
When Rudyard Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King" was published it was regarded as an excursion into the improbable, if not the impossible.
It was the Anglo-Saxon imagination accepted by the colorful Hindustan civilization.
But the sober chronicles of the war have outdone Kipling. Thorneycroft, a twenty-two-year-old British trooper, found himself stranded in Turkey after Townshend's ill-fated offensive.
Nothing daunted, he accepted his predicament as a mandate of Fate. He proceeded to rule over a territory containing 60 villages and 60,000 people, and he ruled them until relieved by the martial law brought by Allenby's troops. The son of a hotel keeper of Bristol, he proved at the test that he was of imperial fiber.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
It always has been and always will be, with Tommy Atkins or his first cousin, the doughboy, as protagonist. Each possesses the comic spirit that means adaptability, no matter what the emergency.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Personal Triumph
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Bravery Heroism
Triumph
Fate Providence
What keywords are associated?
Young Soldier
Ruling Territory
World War I
Throneycroft
Turkey
Kipling
Mandate Of Fate
What entities or persons were involved?
Thorneycroft
Rudyard Kipling
Townshend
Allenby
Where did it happen?
Turkey
Story Details
Key Persons
Thorneycroft
Rudyard Kipling
Townshend
Allenby
Location
Turkey
Event Date
During The War
Story Details
Stranded British trooper Thorneycroft rules 60 villages and 60,000 people in Turkey after Townshend's offensive, until relieved by Allenby's troops, embodying imperial adaptability.