Augsburg, 12 July. In the newspaper Allgemeine Zeitung was a letter from Odessa dated 26 June published based on tidings from Constantinople dated until 20 June according to which the losses of the Captain Pasha between 26 May and 4 June were even larger as expected or reported.
Paris, 13 July. The evening newspaper l'Etoile published extracts from letters from Smyrna dated 10, 14, 15 and 17 June. The French corvette la Diane commanded by Begon de la Rosière while crossing in the Archipelago freed at Timos a Neapolitan vessel which was unjustly seized.(1) The la Diane hold up at the same place the Greek privateer goelette Polixenes for robbery of French property on board of the Russian ship Volente off Beyzout. Her officer wrote in a letter from Syra dated 3 June dealing with the defeat of the Turkish fleet and that one frigate and two corvettes were burnt off the coast of Syra. He didn't know what the fate of the Turkish fleet would e while she was shocked and Greek masters assured him that the Captain Pasha left his ship and fled with a goelette towards Negreponte. A British corvette arrived yesterday evening at Syra with the la Diana. Her captain went on board of the commanding ship of the Greek division and when he left he take with him the captain of a Turkish corvette which was taken prisoner of war by the Greek. On board of one of the burnt ships had been the wages for the army. The results of this loss were to be expected. A division with 17 transports left Suda towards Missolunghi but lost her convoy to the Greek. The Greek privateers harassed constantly in the fairways of Asia and even the Gulf of Smyrna. Recently they hold up an Austrian master but don't attack American, British or French ships.
Source
J. Vichot. Répertoire des navires de guerre francais. Paris, 1967.
Note
1. Launched at Le Havre 1808 and last mentioned 1831.
Paris, 13 July. The evening newspaper l'Etoile published extracts from letters from Smyrna dated 10, 14, 15 and 17 June. The French corvette la Diane commanded by Begon de la Rosière while crossing in the Archipelago freed at Timos a Neapolitan vessel which was unjustly seized.(1) The la Diane hold up at the same place the Greek privateer goelette Polixenes for robbery of French property on board of the Russian ship Volente off Beyzout. Her officer wrote in a letter from Syra dated 3 June dealing with the defeat of the Turkish fleet and that one frigate and two corvettes were burnt off the coast of Syra. He didn't know what the fate of the Turkish fleet would e while she was shocked and Greek masters assured him that the Captain Pasha left his ship and fled with a goelette towards Negreponte. A British corvette arrived yesterday evening at Syra with the la Diana. Her captain went on board of the commanding ship of the Greek division and when he left he take with him the captain of a Turkish corvette which was taken prisoner of war by the Greek. On board of one of the burnt ships had been the wages for the army. The results of this loss were to be expected. A division with 17 transports left Suda towards Missolunghi but lost her convoy to the Greek. The Greek privateers harassed constantly in the fairways of Asia and even the Gulf of Smyrna. Recently they hold up an Austrian master but don't attack American, British or French ships.
Source
J. Vichot. Répertoire des navires de guerre francais. Paris, 1967.
Note
1. Launched at Le Havre 1808 and last mentioned 1831.
