Augsburg, 30 July. According to the newspaper Allgemeine
Zeitung lost Ibrahim Pasha nearly all his arsenals with ammunition at
gunpowder at Modon. Letters from Greece reported that 12 May 50 ships were
burnt and destroyed.
Cadiz, 14 June. The French corvette of war la Flore
arrived 11 June while escorting since Malaga a convoy of 50 small merchant
ships. The same day two Spanish warships departed while escorting a nearly same
number of merchant ships towards Coruna and other ports at the same coast. It
was the only way to protect the merchant trade against the Colombian
privateers.
Frankfurt, 1 July. According to tidings from Trieste
surrendered the Greek fortress at Navarino 25 May to the Turkish and the
garrison and inhabitants were brought by an Austrian and a British warship to
Calamata.
Madrid, 21 June. Pirates from Santander departed towards
open sea and all ready plundered a Dutch ship pretending she had on board
stores of Spanish property. The Colombian agent at Gibraltar had provided the
pirates with official papers they claimed.
