§ 27. Viscount CURZONasked the Prime Minister whether the town of Bozanti has been captured by Turkish Nationalists; whether there was a large dump of ex-German ammunition and stores concentrated there; whether this was there when the town was in British occupation; and, if so, why it was not dstroyed before being handed over?
§ The PRIME MINISTERSoon after the Armistice a small detachment of British and Indian engineers was sent to Bozanti in order to keep the railway line working; but this railway was shortly afterwards handed over to the French, and subsequently remained within the French sphere of occupation. A British brigade was for a time lent to the French to assist them in Cilicia. Field-Marshal Lord Allenby relinquished command over this area as from November, 1919, when the situation did not necessitate the destruction of this dump, which consisted largely of discarded railway and mechanical transport material. It is not known what steps General Gourand may have taken to destroy it since he assumed responsibility for the area in question.