Evening star., 1921-07-31
GREEKS Put TURK
LOSSES At 1900
Also Claim $500 Nationalist
Prisoners-PIace Own Dead
and Wounded at $500.
IDELAY ANGORA ADVANCE
King and Premier Confer at Ku-
taia-Troops Impressed by
Friendly Greetings.
BY the Associated Press.

ESKI-SHEHR. Asia Minor. July 90.
The losses of the Turkish national
lists in killed and wounded to date are
estimated in Greek quarters here at
IL 900, while $500 prisoners and AZ
cannon have been taken by the
Greeks. In addition. the Turks have
lost some 5000 men by desertion, 1t
is declared.
The Greek killed and wounded num-
ber approximately 1900. while 1000
have been taken prisoner.
Premier GoUnariS Of Greece is now
at Kutaia, comforting with King Con-
stantine and the Greek general staff
over the question of further ad-
vance by the Greeks toward Angora.
Greek officers report that they have
been most agreeably impressed by
the friendly attitude taken by the
Turkish population toward the invad-
ing Greeks, The army has every
where been received with marked
cordalty, it is asserted, and this
friendiiness has been reciprocated by
the Greek soldiers. whose behavior is
declared to have been most exemplary.
Forced to Burn Villages.
In a fedssnaH villages in the in
terror Grek sdadiers were fired upon
by Turkish b4ndits, and in these
cases the Greeks, it is explained, We're
obliged to- burn the villages for the
purpose of restoring order. Those
from whom acquisitions are made for
army supplies are being literally re-
imbursed by the Greeks, who. the re-
ports declare. are maintaining the
friendlest relations with all elements
of the population.
The broken forces of Musta pha
kemal Pasha. numbering now less
than $4,000 men. have taken up posi-
tons on a range of hills about forty
miles east of Eski-Shehr. Watching
them viglantly are several powerful
Greek divisions ten miles distant.
Turks Greatly Weakened.
The Turks have no prepared de-
fensive positions at this point, and
it is not regarded here as likely that
they will essay another offensive
against the Greeks. Moreover, their
artillery has been greatly weakened
by the loss of many large cannon to
the Greeks. and their supply service
IS extremely defective, the transport
consisting mainly of OK carts.
The Greek soldiers are anxious to
push on to Angora. the Turkish ma
tionalist capital, finish the job. as
they express it, and return to their
homes, but the military experts be-
lieve this move would not be pru.
dent. and the army is expected to
remain in Eski-Shehr three or four
| weeks before essaying another drive.
1t is considered essential by the
military leaders that the railroad
from kutaia should be completed in
order to make Eski-S:hehr a strong
base. sand that the army should be
given rest and time for the
strengthening of the forces and the
betterment of communications.
Greeks to Rebuild Bridges.
The Kemalites destroyed three i'm
portant bridges between ESki Shehr
and kutaia, and it will take about
forty days. it is estimated, to restore
them. The nationalists were driven
out so fast, however, that they had
little time to do other damage to
property All the way from Ushak
to Eski-Shehr, a distance of more
than 160 miles, there is virtually no
destruction.
The uniforming and general con-
dition of the prisoners taken by the
Greeks do not indicate high state
of organization on the part of the
nationalists. Not more than half the
prisoners had any uniforms at all,
and such uniforms as were in evil
dence were in rags. The rest of the
prisoners were clad in every variety
of costumes, from sheepskins to bur-
lap bags. and most of them had no
shoes. Their ages ranged from six
teen to fifty. Scores of deserters.
prisoners said, had been shot by
their officers.
TURKS OPPOSE PEACE.