Evening star., 1920-06-26
THOUSAND TURKS
REPORTED KILLED
BY BRITISH SHELLS
Greek Forces Advancing
Into Asia Minor Suffer
II Dead, 100 Wounded.
BY the Associated p,sss

By the Associated Press
LONDON. June 26.-British warships
at anchor before the town of Ismid.
Asia Minor, have violently bomba I'd ed
the Turkish line stretched around that
place, and have inflicted heavy losses,
1t being estimated that 1000 Turks
have been killed, according to an Ex
change Telegraph Company dispatch
from Athens.
Reports from Ismid. the MESSAGE
states. indicate that violent fighting
continues there. Three shells from
artillery fired by Turkish nationalists.
unuer the command of Mustapha
Renal Pasha. have fallen in the town.
ana nave caused damage.
Greek Forces Advance.
SIN MYRNA. Asia Minor, June as-
Greek forces engaged in the offensive
against the Turkish nationaIists in
ASIA Minor are advancing in four di-
rectlonS and have taken a number of
loMns' according to an official COM
munlque from Greek army headouar-
ters under Thursdays date.
confirmation of the recently renort
ed annihilation of the 18Th Turkish
Army Corps has been received here.
me ohlcial statement reads:
Our troops advancing in four di-
rections. have taken Soma, Derekivi
Mandokhora and Chaush-Klosk. de-
spite the strong resistance of the ene-
my who fell back in disorder. Three
pieces OF heavy artillery, numerous
machine guns, some rifles, ten-car
tram, numerous prisoners and the
i3oth regiments flag fell into our
hands
Our losses were one captain killed
and ten other officers wounded and
twenty men killed and one hundred
wounded. The enemy losses were con-
siderable. Fifty bodies were found on
one regimental front. Our infantry
displayed remarkable dash"
Greek successes in the region of
Theodosia and the annihilation. of the
18th Turkish Army Corps are con-
firmed in advices received here to-
day.
Soma is approximately 60 miles,
Mendokhora, 100 miles. and ChauSh.
ITO miles. northeast of Smyrna. The
town of Derekivi does not appear on
available maps.
Turkish Reply Ready.
PARIS, June 26-Turkey's peace
delegation was ready this morning to
submit that country's reply to the
terms of the treaty presented by the
have been transmitted on June II, but
an extension of time amounting to
fifteen days was granted on June T.
Advices from Constantinople would
appear to reflect disposition on the
part of the sultan's government to
adopt the view of the Turkish nation
alfsts, who have insisted that any
treaty which deprives Turkey of
Smyrna, eastern Thrace and Adrianople
could not be signed. 1t is said that
the territorial limits fixed for the Ar
menian republic would be accepted,
with the provision that the Armenian
port of entry on the Black sea must
be outside of Turkish jurisdiction and
that Turkey receive compensation for
districts Topped off the Ottoman en-
pire in the operation of forming the
new republic. Instructions to this eff
feet are said to have been sent to the
Turkish delegates here.
Nationalist, Forces Aggressive.
Turkish nationalist forces are as
suming an aggressive attitude along
the eastern shore of the Sea of Mar
mora and the Dardanelles. but have
been forced to fall back before the ad-
vance of Greek troops in the Smyrna
hinterland.
Advices state the nationalists have
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