THE TURKISH DEFEAT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17843, 26 July 1921, Page 5

THE TURKISH DEFEAT.

BATTLE FOR ESKISHEHR.

A SEVEN DAYS' CONFLICT. J FORTS TAKEN BY ASSAULT. I By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. A. and N.Z. LONDON. July 24. The Smyrna correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that according to esti- | mates % from Greek sources, the Turkish j Nationalists lost 4000 killed and 10,000 | wounded in the seven days' battle for I Eskishehr, which extended over a front of !43 miles. The Turks erected numerous | forts on all the surrounding mountains, ! of which the Greeks had to carry 20 by j direct assault with the bayonet. When ! the Turks retreated they took up a posi- ; tion 30 miles east of Eskishehr, where the I railway to Angora is flanked by mountains, some of which are 4000 ft. high. I Here fighting is going on, but Mustapha j Kemal is not risking the encirclement of i 'his small army. TURKEY AND FRANCE. NEGOTIATIONS FOR TREATY. ; Reuter. LONDON, July 24. ' The delegate of the Turkish Nationalists I at Paris has received a communique claim- ' ing that the Turks have reoccupied Afium I Kara Hissar, on the southern front. The Petit Parisicn states that the | delegate drafted a scheme for a Franco--1 Turkish agreement, which is likely to satisfy both parties, and also states that i the National Assembly at Angora has i postponed ratification .of the TurcoI Russian Treaty.