“AT THE FRONT."

Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1922, Page 5

“AT THE FRONT."

MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS. POINTS HELD BY TURKS. CONCENTRATION GOES ON. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Oct. 6, 10.40 p.m. London, Oct. 5. The correspondent, Mr. M. Donohoe, telegraphing from Constantinople, states Kemal’s promise to withdraw a thousand yards from the British front line has only partly been observed. The Turkish cavalry has fallen back on two sectors, but on a third they are still within three hundred yards of the British wire. Kemal’s concentration continues. We are now in touch with infantry detachments of his second army, which defeated the Greeks. The Kemalist artillery is a considerable distance away. Owing to the main roads having been torn up by the British, and Turkish reliance on bullock transport, their forward march was slow and difficult. The coast roads on our flanks are under naval observation, and if Kemal’s guns show up they will certainly receive a peppering from the British warships. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

THE RUSSIAN FLEET. MOBILISING BLACK SEA FORCES. EFFICIENCY NOT HIGH. Received October 7, 1.5 a.m. Berlin, Oct. 6. The Military Council of the Soviet Republic has decided immediately to mobilise the Black Sea naval forces. The commander has suspended all leave. Destroyers and auxiliary ships are rapidly being put in condition at Nikolaievsk and Sebastapol, but despite the efforts of the Bolsheviks to trim the fleet they are not much improved in strength and efficiency, except the cruiser Makhimoff, which has been re-christened Kemal Pasha. The remaining vessels are out of date. The submarine flotilla, which now includes submarines recently despatched from the Finnish Gulf, is in better condition. The rest of the craft making up the Black Sea fleet consist of commercial vessels and transports armed with light guns.—Times Service.