 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokuguma kweHondo Yenyika I Kilkis yakaona basa mukupindira kweAllied muHondo yeVanhu yeRussiamugungwa reBlack Sea. Ichitsigira mauto eFrance neBritain achidzivirira Sevastopol muna April 1919, Kilkis akacherechedza kupandukira pazvikepe zvehondo zveFrance zvinoverengeka. Boka rake rakanyomba vapanduki veFrance kupfurikidza nokurembedza chidhori pachigadziko. Kirkisi akabva adzokera kuGirisi. Munguva yeHondo yeGirisi neTurkey yakazotevera, Kilkis yakashanda mukutsigira kumhara kutora nzvimbo yeOttoman. On 15 May 1919, iye uye vaviri nevanoparadza akaperekedza musasa matanhatu transports akatakura mauto kuti vakaita basa Smyrna uye nharaunda dzayo. Kilkis yakatakura Rear Admiral Kaloulides, uyo akazoshanda somubati wehondo weguta racho. Mauto eOttoman Navy akanga aiswa neAllies mushure mekuguma kweHondo Yenyika I, uye saka haana kupa kupikisa mabasa eRoyal Hellenic Navy. 