Turkish Cavalry

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 241, 25 September 1922, Page 5

Turkish Cavalry

TEN MILES FROM CHANAK. WITHIN GUNSHOT OF BRITISH LINES. WITHDRAWAL ANTICIPATED. (Received 25, noon). *.< Constantinople, Sept. 24. A strong force of Kemalist carvalry crossed the neutral frontier in the Chanak region near the village of Erinkeuy on the Dardanelles (neany midway between Kum Kall and Chanak) on Saturday within gunshot of the British lines. The Governor of Ctfanak was sent to warn them to retire as they were transgressing the neutral zone, and arranged for General Shuttleworth to meet the Turkish representatives on Sunday, with a view to obtaining an amicaTle withdrawal of the Turks. General Harrington summoned the Angora representatives here for the purpose of making similar representations. It is believed, in view of Allied acceptance of the Turkisji-Thracian demands a friendly understanding will be reached. TURKISH MILITARY STRENGTH. ON THF, INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY. (Received 25, 11.10 a.m.) London, Sept. 24. A message from Constantinople says 400,000 troops, with artillery, are concentrated between Ismid and the Meander.—(A. and N.Z.) [The river Meander (or Mendere as it Is now called), takes its rise 200 miles south of Ismid, and flows into the Aegean Sea near Miletus, south of Smyrna BRITISH DESTROYER SUNK TN SEA OF MARMARA. (Received, 25, noon). The British destroyer Speedy sank in seven minutes in the Sea of Marmara. as a result of a collision with s Dutch trawler. Ten of the crew of the Speedy were drowned Eighty, seven ,rvere rescued.—-(Reuter). (Received 25, 9.5 a.m.) London, Sept. 24. Tlie Cunard liner Tyria <2,936 ’tons) and the Ellerman liner Maropian, lying at the Dardanelles, have ‘been re quisitioned hy the British Government. —(A. and N.Z.)