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Show ! I BRITISH SHIPS I -BOMBARD TURKS; THOUSANDS DEAD LONDON, June 26. British ( warships at anchor before the town of Ismid, Asia Minor, have violently bombarded the Turkish Turk-ish lines stretched around that ' place and it is estimated that 1 1000 Turks have been killed, according' ac-cording' to an Exchange Telegraph Tele-graph company dispatch from Athens. Reports from Ismid, the mes- J sage stated, indicate that vip- J lent fighting continues there. ; j SMYRNA, Asia Minor, June j 26. Greek forces engaged in j the offensive against the Turk-! Turk-! ish nationalists in Asia Minor are advancing in four directions and have taken a number of i towns, according to an official ! communique from Greek army headquarters under Thursday's , date. i . Confirmation of the recently j reported annihilation of the I 13th Turkish army corps has J been received here. |