TURKS AND GREEKS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 47, Issue 14449, 25 July 1921, Page 5

TURKS AND GREEKS.

WAR IN ASIA MINOR. GREEKS ELATED. Press Association-Electric Telegraph-Copyright I LONDON, Saturday, Advices from Athens state that military circles express the opinion that the capture of Eskishehr practically ends the war against the Kemalists. It is reported that the Greeks captured immense booty, including one hundred and eighty guns and 1000 prisoners. The Kemalists /arc fleeing in disorder. A Constantinople message states- that the Chief of the. Kemalist General Staff declares that the loss; .of territory and fortresses is of secondary importance. The army had retired to prearranged positions without serious fighting. He was confident as to the outcome of the struggle. —Reuter. COUNTER-ATTACK REPULSED. ATHENS, Saturday. A communique states: We repulsed a Turkish counter-attack, overthrowing the euemv along the w r hole front. We are pursuing the Turks, '■who are * retreating in disorder eastwards and north-eastwards. . . ; ‘ The newspapers express the .opinion that the campaign has almost ended. Nicholas has entered Kutahia. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. f VICTORY CELEBRATED, ATHENS, Saturday, The Royal Family, Cabinet Ministers, and members of Parliament attended a “To Deum” at the Cathedral to mark the victory at Eskishehr.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. THE TURKISH LOSSES. A GREEK ESTIMATE. (Received Monday, 12.5 p.m.) LONDON, Sunday. The Daily Telegraph’s Smyrna correspondent states that Greek sources estimate that the Kemalists lost 4000 killed and 10,000 wounded in the seven days’ battle at Eskishehr, which extended for 43 miles. The Turks had erected numerous forts in all the surrounding mountains, whereof the Greeks had to carry twenty by direct assault with the bayonet. When the Kemalists retreated they took up a position 30 miles east of Eskishehr, whero the railway flanked the mountains, sometimes 4000 feet high. Here fighting is going on. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.