Çözüldü Meaningful Sentence Completion - Phrasal Verbs

It took Turkish frontline troops six days to cover the 250 miles (402.3 kilometers) from Afyon to İzmir. As the Greeks ________ the coast, they set fire to towns and villages, destroying all that ________ their path. Units that managed to make it, slipped through İzmir, leaving behind its terror-stricken Greek, Armenian, and foreign citizens, and ________ ships waiting off the Çeşme peninsula further west. On September 9, 1922, Turkish troops entered İzmir. Mustafa Kemal made his official entry the following day. Three days later, there was not a Greek soldier left ________ in Anatolia, except for prisoners.

A) fled to / lay on / embarked on / anywhere
B) came back / lied in / got off / nowhere
C) returned from / laid over / rushed to / around
D) attacked / existed / got into / somewhere
E) approached / found / saw about / everywhere

Correct Choice: A (fled to / lay on / embarked on / anywhere)

Some Word Explanations: (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/)
embark: to get on a ship, boat, or aircraft to begin a journey
flee: to leave a place quickly because you are in danger or are afraid
get into (something): to become interested in an activity or subject, or start being involved in an activity
get off (something): to leave a bus, train, aircraft, or boat
lay: (past tense and past participle: laid) to put something down somewhere carefully
lie: (past tense: lay, past participle: lain) to be in a particular place
lie: (past tense and past participle: lied) to say or write something that is not true in order to deceive someone
see about something / doing something: to deal with something, or arrange for something to be done

"From The Sultan to Atatürk: Turkey", Andrew Mango, page 75 (with some changes)
https://zlibrary-tr.se/book/5010443/fd232e