The admiralty of Hydra stated officially wrote to her provisional government that she won a battle against a Turkish fleet off the island Samos. The Turkish fleet with a strength of 4 ships of the line, 5 frigates, 4 corvettes and 30 vessels of different sizes, left the Dardanelles 12 July and sailed via the island Chios towards Scala Nuova. There was a large number of troops, coming from Minor Asia, taken on board en transported to the island Samos. Those Turkish troops with strength of 13.000 men were however with a severe loss driven back by the inhabitants and forced to go on board again.
