EVACUATING ESKISHEHR
MAIN RAILWAY LINES IN DANGER
GUNS CAPTURED BY GREEKS.
(UNITED PHBSS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIBHT.) (AUSTRALIAN ■ NEW ZEALAND CAMS ASSOCIATION.) ATHENS, 19th July. The evacuation of Eskishelir has begun. King Coastantine has left Smyrna for the front. The Greeks captured four big guns and eleven machine-guns north-west of Kutahia. The Turks are now retreating aJong the whole front, with the Greeks in pursuit. (ROTTER'S TELEGRAM.) ATHENS, 19th July. The newspapers declare that besides several thousand prisoners, the Greeks captured an immense quantity of booty. 'They emphasise the political and strategical importance of Ruta.hia, the fall of which is likely to lead to the speedy capture of . the main Turkish railway lines.
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 16, 21 July 1921, Page 7
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