Smirna,
2 September. The French ship la Jeune Rose Melanie which left Salonica towards
Alexandria was off Scopoli attacked by pirates. From her master was 6.000
piasters stolen, 6 Turkish passengers taken prisoner and afterwards were her
master and sailors tied up and a hole in the bottom of the ship drilled causing
her sinking and drowning of her crew. Just one sailor managed to escape and
arrived safely at Smirna informing there the French consul. Captain Droualt
stationed in the Levant left immediately with the frigate la Galatée and the
goelette l’Amarante to search for the pirates with on board the only survivor
of the merchant ship namely the second captain Bonis.
