New-York tribune., 1921-03-30
Greeks Take
ManyCaptives,
Big War Stores
Occupy Eski-Shehr, juno.
ton Point, and Unite
Armies, Opening Route
for March OH Angora

LONDON, March 29.-Greek troops
have occupied the City of Eski-Shehr,
capturing many prisoners and a large
quantity Of war materials, says a Cen
trail News dispatch from Athens.
[Eski-Shehr was one of The important
objectives of the Greek offensive in
Asia Minor. which began last week. 1t
is the junction point between the main
line of the Bagdad Railway and the
road running enthusiastically toward
Konia. The capture of this city by the
Greeks unites the armies operating east
of Smyrna and Bruca and opens the
way for an advance on Angora, lao
miles to the east.l
The Greeks also have occupied Ada
Bazaar, in the 1smid region of Asia
Minor, according to a dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from Athens.
There is reason to believe, says a
Constantinople dispatch to The London
Times, that the Turkish Nationalist
command has selected line of defense
running approximately from Kastamuni
southwark to Angora, where the main
iurklsn forces are concentrating
Gouraud Warns Turks
General Gourauo, commander of the
French army in the East, who arrived
at Constantinople yesterday, made a
statement to the press, in which, ac-
cording to the dispatch, he warns the
Turks that Frances sympathy is sub
ordinated to her alliance with the Brit
ilsh, Sealed by blood on the field of
battle"
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 29.-Large
Turkish forces at present in Armenia
have been recalled by the Turkish Ma
tlonalist government at Angora For the
purpose of opposing the Greek often
sive. Martial law has been declared in
Angora and general mobilization has
been ordered.
The Greeks have again advanced and
are declared to have secured the south
entrance to Karakoi Pass, the kew to
EskiShehr.
Turkish Transports Watched
Greek naval forces, it was learned
to-day, are on watch in the Black Sea
for Turkish transports in an effort to
prevent the escape from Constantinople
to Anatolia Of Turkish officers and sol
dlers who, in view Of the neutrality of
the Allies in the hostilites betweer
the Greeks and the Turkish National
lists, had petitioned the Allied authori-
ties for permission to leave.
In withdrawing before the Greek adj
vance in Asia Minor the Turks are
blowing up the important bridges and
tunnels on the Bagdad Railway along
their line of retreat This is aggravat-
ing the transportation difficulties of
the Greeks, which it is predicted by
Isham Pasha, a prominent Turkish
cavalry general here, will be the cause
of ultimate failure of the Greek cam
paign.
ATHENS, March 90 (By The Asso-
ciated Prcss) s).-The capture of Alum
karahissar by the Greeks came after
fighting of a desperate and sanguinary
character, according to details reach
ing here. The Greeks advanced sixty
miles in five days, crossing the snow
clad mountains over precipitous trails
The actual attack against the town
lasted for eight hours with the terrain
favoring the Turks, who a dozen times
took the offensive. Finally the Greeks
in three bayonet charges dislodged the
followers of Mustapha Kemal Pasha
from the heights.
Afur Karahissar has been distri-
buting center for Turkish troops.