Frankfurt, 5 August, The newspaper Journal de Frankfort dated 5
August published an extract from a private letter of Smyrna dated 5 July.
According to this letter arrived Sunday the 4th the French goelette Amarante
commanded by Bejard 21.00 o’clock. The ship was present at the capture of
Ipsara by the Turkish squadron of the Capitan Pasha the 3rd. The Capitan Pasha
left Mytilene the 2nd with 80 ships of different sizes and arrived in the night
off Ipsara. The next morning around 04.00 were 14.000 men landed on the north
coast.
An Egyptian squadron of 17 ships which was crossing in the waters of Caudin
attacked 8 June Casso 05.00 o’clock without success. The next day the squadron
was reinforced by more ships and a there was a second attack while afterwards the
squadron of Ismail Gibraltar suddenly disappeared. The 10th the squadron
however returned and finally Casso was captured.
Source
Jacques Vichot. Répertoire des navires de guerre francais. Paris,
1967.
Note
1. L’Amarante, launched at Lorient 1817, last mentioned 1833.
