Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-07
GREEKS ARE ROUTED
BY TURK ARMIES
IN ASIA MINOR

Greek armies in Asia Minor have
been shattered and routed by the
Turks.
Dispatches brought by couriers
from Brussa and Songuldak today
showed the Greeks overwhelmed.
Three divisions were annihilated.
Two escaped in panic, flight over the
desert leaving a broad trail of dead
and dying, smashed wagons, aban-
doned guns, wrecked ambulances,
manned horses and flaming ruins.
Prince Andrew, brother of King
Constantine, and many high officers,
including a divisional general were
left among the slain.
Word of these losses, trickling
down the lines, had a disastrous eff
feet on the Greek morale.
Constantinople was wild with JOY
From STEAMBOAT to Bebek and from
Scutari to Pera Islamic banners and
devices fIuttered over jubilant
crowds.
Everywhere, even in some of the
big foreign colonies, the population
1Oln6Q IN NOISY ISJOlSIlS ONSA IiiO
collapse of the Greek invasion.
Bloody Fighting
The bloodiest fighting occurred in
the northern sector, where for
month the Greeks had made steady
advances on a 60-mile front.
The Turks, gradually acquiring am
munition and other supplies by way
of Black sea ports, meanwhile pre-
pared their COMPREHENSIVE.
The attack was launched, accord
ing to the German plan. After ar
tillery had flattened the light Greek
defenses, the Turks swarmed out
from their trenches in great mass
Terrific losses were sustained as
the Greeks opened on the advancing
masses with rifle and light artll-
lery. Another wave succeeded the
first and the Turks streamed over
the Greek lines. The Turks easily
excelled in the hand-to-hand fight
ing, welding knife and bayonet with
deadly effect. The traditional weap-
on of the Turk, the scimitar, APP
peared.
Greek lines wavered and broke. Ar
tillery horses were unleaShed. Some
times bearing two and three riders,
the animals galloped to the rear.
The retreat became rout. Along
a sixty-mile front the crescent pan
ners bobbed as the Turkish hoSta
pursued the enemy.
Greek wounded were left on the
field. The hospital service was dis
organized.
DISPATCHES found on Greek officers
showed they were preparlng to sotten
the news of the defeat. They stated
that operations in the EFuSSa sector
had ceased and that the armies would
fall back on defensive positions.
-sssIhey indicated. also, that, "a heavy
attack was feared in the far south on
the Afiun Kara Hissar sector. Evac-
uation of the line there was strate-
gically imperative" according 10
these hastily-prepared communicates.
The Turks did not extend the action
that far.
Victory Is Proclaimed
In Constantinople, the victory was
proclaimed by offiials of the Sub
lime porte. Volunteer criers rushed
through quiet streets shouting the
news. Instantly the streets became
crowded Banners weer flung from
windows
STEAMBOAT, itself, the center of the
Islamic population, was riot OF
color. Men in Eur0 can clothing
chartered in the bazi3ls, embraced
each other in the streets and swarm
ed into coffee houses which re-
sounded with shouts of joy as the
great victory was discussed. the ar
rival of each courier bringing added
details of the rout.
Even the yelled women crept from
their shattered apartments, ming
ling as freely as they dared with
the crowds. For once the shrewdly
bargaining masters of the shops
forgot their wares. The stalls were
closed for the day and the dealers
rushed into the maelstroms in the
street. The mosques decorated wits
banners, the crescent peeping from
their folds, were damned with eager
worshippers. With all the joy, how.
ever, the worshippers were warned
to remember the fallen heroes who
had driven the Greeks back