Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-07-10
British and Greek Forces Sup
ported by Warships Driven Out
by Superior Numbers.
ENGLISH PRESTIGE SUFFERS.
Many Landing Parties Are Repulsed;
Bombardment of Brussa Is Threat
ened-Summer CoIonists Flee
MosIems Threaten Hostages.


forces have been forced to withdraw
from Beicos, on the Asiatic shore OF
the Bosporus, about ten miles north
Of here and opposite Robert College
and the Allied headquarters on the
European side.
After a two-day battle in which the
Turkish Nationilists under Mustapha
Kemal twice forced their way into the
city, the Allied forces evacuated in the
face Of superior numbers Of the enemy.
The dreadnought Iron Duke and other
British warships shelled the Turkish
positions from the straits.
The battle started at o'clock SUM-
day morning, when a band of the Ma
tionalists swOoped down on the town.
Another force simultaneously raIded
Maltepe, fifteen miles southeast of Con-
Stantinople, on the Sea of Marmora.
British and Greek troops, as well as
the dreadnoughts and destroyers, were
rushed to resist the Nationalist, who
plundered extensively before they were
The salvos from the We-shfp guns,
awakening the people of CONSTANT
Dople with their rumbllng, afforded
alute to American Independence Day.
Beicos is popular summer place,
with gambling casino, the manage
ment Of which has not dared to open
1t this year because OF the danger of
raids. The summer colony there Of
some 10000 persons fled to the water
front when the raiders appeared, and
crowded all the ferries and available
steamers trying to escape from the
bandits. Many persons paid boatmen
ESQ to row them the two miles across
the Bosporus. One British officer was
captured by the bandits, and several
Punjabis and many Nationalists were
killed and others wounded.
The warships and airplanes were en-
gagged In Smelling the mountains all
day in an effort to drive the bandits
away from the Bosporus, and mean
while the Stars and Stripes were flying
from the main masts Of all the Allied
ships In Turkish waters In honor of
the American holiday.
Finally, the Allied land forces fell
back, evacuating the extensive fortifi-
cations made by the British on the
mountains before Beicos.
British prestige has suffered hard
blow In the repulse Of landing parties
at various points in Turkish waters.
The Nationalist, realizing that the
British have not sufficient troops avail
able to support their marines, have
been defying the navy all along the
Dardanelles, the Bosporus and the Sea
of Marmora.
Bombardment Of the great mosque at
Brussa and destruction Of the town by
airplane attacks are threatened in an
ultimatum received by the Governor Of
Brussa from Vice-Admiral de Robeck,
British High Commissioner at Con-
stantinople, who has been in charge of
British landing parties along the coast
of the Sea of Marmora.
The Turkish population has been
fleeing from Brussa for several days
and many Turks are asking Greek
civilians to protect them in their
homes.
The Turkish officials are said to have
deserted Brussa several days ago,
carrying their archives to EskI-Shehr.
The Turks are holding forty Greek
girls and men at Brussa as hostages,
and are threatening their execution If
the British lombard the city.
Greek troops have swept the coun-
try west of Baloukessar clear of Turks
as fur north as Adramyti. They also
have landed large forces at Chardak
on the Dardanelles. Consequently,
they expect to eliminate the Turks
from the province Of Bigha shortly.
Observers who accompanied the
Greeks during their attack on Balou-
kessar and who visited Panderma after
the Greek occupation of the city, say
the Turkish forces offered little resis-
lance, except at Pergama and outside
BaloukeSSar.