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Tuesday, 15 October 2013

The Greek and Turkish navies in the Levant according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 28 July 1825

Augsburg, 22 July. From Trieste arrived tidings that a Turkish advice yacht with messages for the captain pasha was sends from Constantinople but captured by the Greeks. The messages were directly handed over to the Greek admiralty at Hydra. According to the contents was the captain pasha ordered to return immediately to Constantinople while handing over the command to the Captain Bey. The latter was to depart without any delay to Patras to support the seraskier Reschid pasha.
 

The newspaper Allgemeine Zeitung published a news item dated Constantinople 25 June. According to this had the large frigate, which was, exploded off Cape d’Oro 600 men and 200 most European officers on board which were to command the defence works at Missolunghi. On board of the captured transports was the main part of the engines for the siege of Missolunghi stored.