THE NEAR EAST.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19986, 28 June 1920, Page 4

THE NEAR EAST.

A GREEK SUCCESS. FIGHTING IN ASIA MINOR. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Keuter's Telegrams. LONDON. June sfl. The Greek Legation learns that the Greek Army surrounded and annihilated a Turkish array corps eastward or Smyrna. Eight thousand with guns and booty were, captured. Greek cavalry cut off the enemy’s retreat. LONDON, June. 26. A Greek comm’unique reports that the Greeks occupied Alfah-shehr (Philadelphis), annihilating the Turkish third corps, eight thousand being killed, wounded or captured ; also large, quantities of war materials, provisions and railway stock. FURTHER CAPTURES. LONDON, June 26. A Greek communique states that troops from Smyrna captured Soma,'the, enemy receding in disorder. The Greeks had 130 killed ail d wounded. FIGHTING IN TSMID REGION. ATHENS. Juno 26. British troops on the Ismid front repulsed violent Turkish attacks eastward of Bagshedjik and Geivch, capturing sis hundred'. Fighting continues. The British discovered a plot to attack the British rear and disarmed all Turks in the neighbourhood of Ismid. Thq British Fleet bombarded the Turkish lines and inflicted severe losses. POLICY OF FRANCE. PARIS, June 26. M. Millerand, speaking in Dio Chamber of Deputies, said that the, present military operations against the, Turks were merely the forced answer to attacks against the Allies. France’s participation was on a strictly limited scale. ‘’Our Eastern policy is not one of canon shots,” ho said, “We stay in Syria—(cheers)—in order to pursue the policy defined by the of Nations.”