Mustapha Kemal's Turkish forces on June 15th attacked a British
outpost near 'staid, in _Northern Anatolia, fifty miles south-east of Constantinople. The officer commanding the com- pany of Punjabis agreed to retire if the Turks would not molest him, but, when the retirement began, the Turks treacherously opened fire with a machine,gan-and ,killed -or wounded thirty- eight of our men. The Gordon Highlanders rescued the Punjabis. British warships have shelled the enemy, who bombarded our trenches for two days. A raiding party which approached still nearer to the capital on Monday was dispersed with heavy loss. In Cinch% it is reported that Mustapha Kemal attacked the French garrison in Moraine, the principal port, and that the French warships had to repel the besiegers. -The armistice con- cluded between the French and the Turks has evidently failed.
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