Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1920 — TIGHT BRITISH TROOPS [ARTICLE]

TIGHT BRITISH TROOPS

TURKS ATTACK ANGLO-INDIANS ON ISMED FRONT. Wound Vhirty Men, Capture Intelligence Officer and Compel Force to Retreat. Constantinople, June 18.—Turkish nationalist troops have attacked a company of British Indian troops on the Ismid front, who withdrew under an agreement The Turks wounded 30 and captured a British Intelligence officer. Re-enforcements have been sent to the assistance of the British forces, while warships keep the Turks off by shelling their position. The trouble started when a British outpost, consisting of a company of Punjabis, was surrounded by a superior force of nationalists. The British officer commanding decided to withdraw. An agreement was reached with the nationalists who promised not to hamper the retirement The British advance guard passed unmolested, but the nationalists fired on tike main body. Although it Is considered certain that Mustapha Kemal Pasha, head of the Turkish nationalist government at Angora, was chagrined by the fact that the British were barring his way to Scutari, opposite Constantinople, there is nothing In the reports to show that he ordered the attack.