Impression sketch
for Greek Spying For Germany - by Jamie.
A subject of
Greece, an adventurer
Found himself in
Berlin city,
By peaceful
summer days of July 1914 -
When war broke
out in August,
His path took a
very different course.
Adventurer
Constantine Condoyannis,
Either approached
or was
Approached, by
German authority - who
Early on sent out
methods
To search and
report back information.
Making agreement
with German staff
Headquarters, Condoyannis
Made acceptance
of £800 equivalent -
Given instructions for travel
To Paris by the
middle of August 1914.
The Greek
national remained in the city
To maintain
secrecy over
16 months - from a flat on Boulevard
Haussmann - by
clever
Cover methods, as
a seller of sponges.
From out of Paris
he regularly returned,
Gathering details
about facts
Of land
fortification, troop transports,
And movements of
French
And British
troops; sent onto Germany.
Constantine
Condoyannis had made
His success, until
9 December
1915 - by some
suspicion or operation
Was arrested by
March 1916.
To be found
guilty; sentenced to death.
Making no
reservations for what he had
Done, Constantine
Condoyannis
Was reportedly
dangerous - with success
Came downfall for confidence
And outspoken
spies like Constantine.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1916. Spy's
Death Sentence. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 18 March 1916. P.10. Col.1. Available at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12196041/Daily-Telegraph-March-18-1916.html
[Accessed: 18 March 2016].
Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 18 March 2016).
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