Translate

Friday 15 November 2013

The Egyptian and Turkish navies in the Mediterranean according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 8 August 1838

The newspaper Allgemeine Zeitung published a letter from Livorno dated 23 July. This letter mentioned tidings from Alexandria until 6 July and that the Egyptian fleet of Mehemed Ali all ready left Alexandria towards the Syrian coasts to sail and patrol along these coasts. The decision for the departure was the tiding that the Turkish fleet recently sailed towards Caramanie and made by Mehemet Ali despite contrary of foreign representatives.