TURKISH FIGHTING.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12091, 28 June 1920, Page 5

TURKISH FIGHTING.

United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright ATHENS, June' 26. British troops on the Ismid front repulsed violent Turkish attacks eastward of Bagshedjik and Geiveh, capturing 600. Fighting still continues. The British have discovered a plot to attack the British rear, and have disarmed all Turks in the neighbourhood of Ismid. The British fleet bombarded the Turkish lines and inflicted severe losses. LONDON, June 26. The Greek Legation learns that the Greek* army surrounded and annihilated a Turkish army corps eastward of Smyrna. Eight thousand prisoners, guns and booty were captured. The Greek cavalry cut off the enemy’s retreat. PARIS, June 26. M. Millerand, speaking in the Chamber cf Deputies, said that the present military operations against the Turks were merely a forced answer to attacks against the Allies. France’s participation was on a strictly limited scale. "Our Eastern policy is not one of cannon shots.. Wo. stay in Syria—(cheers)—in order to pursue the policy defined by the League of Nations.”