23 March to 1 April 1921
İnönü: Metristepe
The second Greek offensive opens on 23 March, with the III Corps advancing from Bursa and the I Corps from Uşak. In the north the Western Front fights a delaying action for four days. The Greeks reach İnönü and take Metristepe on 27 March, and a Turkish counterattack that night fails. In the south the I Corps breaks through at Dumlupınar and takes Afyon on 24 March.
Mustafa Kemal Pasha and İsmet Pasha inspect the troops after the Second Battle of İnönü, 1921Wikimedia Commons, unknown author, Public domain (Kemal Paşa ve İsmet Paşa II. İnönü Muharebesi'nden sonra askerleri teftişte.jpg)
İsmet, now a pasha, receives reinforcements and attacks again on 31 March. He retakes Metristepe, and the Greek III Corps falls back towards Bursa in good order. On 1 April İsmet reports the victory to Mustafa Kemal by telegram from the hill. The Turks lack the strength to encircle the retreating corps.
Sources
- Andrew Mango, Atatürk (1999).
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