The telegrams with reference to the campaign in Anatolia have not been sufficiently comprehensive to enable one to form an accurate idea of the military situation.. When hostilities broke out the Greeks apparently put two forces motion, one from Brussa in the north and the other to work along the Smyrna railway, the object being to converge on Eskishebr, capture it and thus open the road to Angora. The fortunes' of the Brussa force we know little of, but "the troops advancing astride of the railway from Smyrna had by the end of March seized Afiun Kara Hiesar. This gave them a jumping off ground for Eskhishehr which lies slightly to the northeast, and ence they were there the attack commenced. Apparently it was true that the Turks were executing a strategic retreat, doubtless with the object of falling back on prepared positions and allowing reinforcements to come up. At any rate they were able to turn_round and face the Greeks outside Eskishchr and after a fierce battle have apparently won a victory, for the Greeks are reported to be retiring behind Brussa. The extent of the victors we do not yet know, but it may be a very severe blow to Greek interests in Smyrna. Greece has many hitherto exiled sons in this part of Asia Minor, and it offers a more fertile field for her enterprise than does the part of Mace-
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