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Friday, 18 October 2019

Greek and Turkish navies in the Mediterranean according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 31 March 1826

Trieste, 18 March. The newspaper il Osservatore Triestrino published a tiding from Corfu dated 22 February. Between the fleet of the Captain Pasha and the Greek squadron was again fought. The British captain Spencer of the frigate Nayade sighted the fight and stated that the usual Turkish incompetence prevented to defeat the Greeks despite her strength was 4 times larger. In fact the Turkish were defeated and forced to retreat. According to rumours was the Captain Pasha no longer the commanding officer and already departed via land towards Constantinople.