London, 28 September. The agent of Lloyds at Genoa reported in a letter
dated 11 September that the master of a small Spanish vessel that arrived
that morning coming from Mahon where left a day earlier that the Dutch fleet
returned from Algiers. An Algerian squadron was ready to depart for open sea
according to rumours to cruise for Spanish ships and ships of some Italian
states.
Augsburg, 25 September. The newspaper Osservatore Veneziano published
some tidings based on letters taken with a ship which arrived 16 September at
Trieste coming in 14 days from Smyrna. According to this newspaper departed the
Captain Pasha 9 August Scio towards Samos. The Greek fleet attacked 19 August
with a fire ship a Turkish frigate and 2 brigs of war which anchored to support
the troops travelling from the coast of Natolie towards Samos. The frigate
exploded and both brigs were forced after a short fight to surrender. The
Greeks captured also 60 crafts destined to transport the troops and which were
left behind by their crews. The Captain Pasha wasn’t able to support them due
to an unfavourable wind. The same newspaper reported that the Egyptian fleet
departed 9 August Rhodes and that 27 August heavy gunfire was heard off the
coasts of Morea near Navarino. According to other tidings sailed this
expedition from Rhodes towards Caramanie to refresh her water.
Ancona, 15 September. According to an extra ordinary letter was the Captain
Pasha in the waters of Samos heavily defeated, He departed 9 August Mitylene
towards the canal between Samos and Scala Nuvoa while pursued by the Greek
fleet which attacked during the Turkish landing. According to a Cerigo
destroyed the Greeks a ship of the line, 3 frigates and 40 transports and
sloops but this must be exaggerated. The most trustful reports mentioned the
los of a frigate and 2 corvettes and 26 sloops and transports partly captured,
burnt or beached. Almost all transports were Christian [European?]. There was
no news dealing with the Egyptian fleet. All ready 14 days ago her arrival in
the waters of Rhodes was announced. Since then she didn’t move although one
division seems to be attacked and forced to set sail for Egypt again.
