Smyrna, 14 September, The
newspaper le Smyrneen supplied more details dealing with the events at Samos. Since some days were the Greek and Turkish fleets
in each other presence when the Greek after some manoeuvres with 30 ships the
little channel between Samos and Asia entered.
The captain pasha refused three times the requests of his officers for
permissions to attack and the result was that they nearly rebelled. When the
Turkish ships finally entered the channel sailing full speed towards the Greek
warships the latter were waiting immovable sending 3 fire ships towards a Turkish
frigate which was in front of the Turkish ships. Despite her heavy gunfire a
fire ship and set hit her into fire. The Turkish warships were shattered and
now attacked by the Greek while the frigate exploded. In the battle the Turkish
lost a frigate, 1 corvette, 2 brigs and some other vessels and the main part of
their crews. The captain pasha wasn't able to aid these ships fearing to loose
his whole fleet. The Greek Canaris who set the frigate into fire however was
killed.
