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Show I ENOS IS OCCUPIED BY ALLIED FORCE3 Athens, April 27 Inhabitants of Knos ! who have arrived at Dedeagatch state I that Enos has been occupied for sev-j sev-j eral days by the allies. On the even-I even-I ing of landing the Turkish garrison. J consisting of but sixty men, retired to the interior and the people were given twenty-four hours to leave the town. The allied fleet protected the landing of troops, bombarding the Turkish positions on the coast of Thrace. A fleet of ironclads penetrated the j Dardanelles straits daily, bombarding the forts, which ho. e suffered consid-' consid-' erable damage, Sunday's bombard ! ment, which lasted until nightfall, was ' especially severe The objective of this bombardment evidently was to force the Turks to break up their for-j for-j ces and hinder them in repairing the t damage previously done. ! The Turkish authorities of Asia I Minor continue to persecute the j Greeks in towns and villages around j i Smyrna and Ahalik The Greek popu j latlon is in great distress oo |