24 SEPTEMBER 1921, Page 3

The Greek army in,Asia, Minor last week suspended its advance

on Angora and retired some distance to the westward of the Saka,ria, river. The Turks hailed this retirement as a victory for them. They have, however, failed to hinder the Greek withdrawal, and they were beaten off when they tried a flank attack on Sivri Rimer. The Greeks have been thwarted, as most military critics foresaw, by the extreme difficulty of pro- visioning a large army in the wild and rugged country on either side of the railway to Angora. It is improbable that the Turks, who lost heavily in the recent fighting, will solve the supply problem any better than the Greeks, so that the war has led to a stalemate. If the Greeks are content to hold their new positions, Mustapha Kemal will probably fail to move them.