BRITISH WARSHIPS BOMBARD ASIA MINOR COAST.
LANDING PARTY REPULSES TURKS' ADVANCE FORCE.
ENEMY TROOPS AT SMYRNA REVOLT AND DESERT. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. ATHENS. August 3. British warships bombarded for five hours Cape Moulemben, on the Asia Minor coast, and the adjacent village of Mykale, opposite the Island of Samos, 50 miles south of Smyrna, which was set on fireThe Turks replied with gunfire. A British corps landed, repulsing the Turkish advance force. United Service. LONDON. August 3. The Daily Mail's Athens correspondent states that there are 350,000 Turks on the Asia Minor front. The Smyrna division revolted, 2000 deserting.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 7
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