File No. 861.00/1102
The Consul at Tiflis (Smith) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Tiflis, February
15, 1918, 6 p.m.
[Received February 16, 1.56 p.m.]
[Received February 16, 1.56 p.m.]
Enver Pasha1 telegraphs to commander in chief here informing him that in view of the Armenian raids and atrocities against Mohammedans he is constrained to resume offensive. Few Armenian troops holding front, scarcely will be able to resist an advance but have been advised to fall back in order, destroying supplies, which I believe form main object of Turkish threat.
Smith
- Turkish Minister of War.↩