Augsburg,
3 November. The newspaper Allgemeine Zeitung published a tiding dated Odessa 17
October according to which captain Basilio arrived 10 October with news dealing
with the last fights at sea. After the fight on 7 October near Mitylene fled
the fleet commanded by the Captain Pasha hastily to the Dardanelles and
anchored off the defence works. At that moment she just existed of the admirals’
ship, 1 frigate and 10 or 12 smaller warships. The admiral stated that some
ships of the Egyptian fleet still were fighting with the Greek fleet but that
the others managed to escape.
