The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-14
GREEKS FACING
TURKS ALONG
12O-N|LE LINE

London. ncc. 13.--tBy the Associated
T-css )-rirccks and Turks are iac!"E
each other on i20-mIc front OF
trenches and carthworks in Asia Minor
These positions are likely to remain st"-
,ionary until tho spriug. according |"
Rrtxadicr General Nenophon StrauGos'
OF tho Greek general staff.
The genera. WHO has come 10 London
with Premier GOu0ar!s and f"r"'SH
M:.lStcr Ealtazzi. described the present
Greek position as n purely defensive
one. Twelve divisions "r 9,0"n ""m"at-
ants each are holding linz almost cue
north to <"rth between Esk'Sh"hr ana
Nftun <.,rgu.Ss n distance ~ ABOUT
- miles east of the railway r"A""'uns
these Two important StratcG:ca! points
w:th adequate protection OF h"th crdS.
ALTHOUGH no big fighting has occur
rcd rnr .Hout = ul"H,E. Il must not ne
imagined that u,:'.ttry activity has en-
,frely rciScG." sad The general 'SN;rm-
jh%cS and minor raids arc Of daily ocr"r-
renee"
General Stru,jgos then described IN"
Greek dash for NaEora by nine DIVISIONS
last August. Tho river SanGA':a. OFTEN
mentioned in dt>patchcs, first runs west
20 east then turns unrthward End then
flows again westward. forming - Kind
Of ho,ow square. 1t Is in this lend that
the last big operations took place.
The Greek forces launched their at
tack crossing the upper course "' the
Sangar!a southwark. and then made
semic.rcular sweep north"dStward N
the direction OF ApEOra through the salt
desert. driving back tn" Turks tr"H'
n,sjtlon 10 position. on most difficult
terrain.
Although the capture % the enemy
capital Was not our immcdiat" object
We would have taken AnGora II ~" ma"
had another month oC summer. the
General explained. But after 4 days
ns hard hrht.nK and marching. n"
troops we're very much in need OF rest.
We were then only some - miles from
Anroru. but IL We had pushed on after
the necessary period OF rest II would
have meant starting a fresh OFFENSIVE
about the end Of September. when the
had season sets in. Our forces there
fore vecrusSrd the SG0gar:a, this time
or the south t. north bend, in i'"rtcrt
order and not II flight. as had been err
~oneously reported The Turks. think
! inv that they had us beaten. crossed
i after us. but 40 throw them back across
the river. That was between Scptcm-
Der l. and -.
"Meacwhiie. We hroEe up tho railway
= running eastward from Esksshehr 10
} Angora We tore i up rail by rail This
; = gain rroves that We were not IN flight.
No Heeirg army could do that We did
the Job thoroughly: there IS practically
rothinS l,rt az that railway COW.
We next set about 10 razc tho hollow
square. with q view to make our posi-
ton quite secure. on ono occasion, Sep
tcmhcr - the Kcmalst cavalry made a
dash across the SanGaria and got as Far
as S.vrihissar, but We heat them oaci;
again"
The general paid generous tribute
to the fghtiaS qualities Of his adver-
sariCs in the defense OF positions, but
he considered them inferior to the
Creeks in open warfare. The reason. no
0 thought was that the kenalist army IL
,sised by compusion. and the bulk OF
, the populat ton are hostile to Turkish
ruel. Captures of war Material ~
added. revealed the fact that most
Kemalist rifles were OF Russian manu-
raccure. and some captured field guns
bore the mark Of the rutiiofi works ~
! petroGrad. showing that they were made
Is recently as las, year