Augsburg,
8 November. The newspaper Allgemeine Zeitung published several tidings dated
Constantinople 11 October. The Captain Pasha who was united by the Egyptian
fleet and according to the last courier defeated the Greek seems to meet the
same fate as his predecessors. Off Mitylene he recollected his ships and
attacked again Samos departing 4 October with a fleet all ready in worse
condition. The Greeks however continuously persecuted him with their fire ships
until Mitylene causing the burning of 5 or 6 frigates or corvettes. The Captain
Pasha fled himself to the Dardanelles leaving the main part of his fleet
shattered of which just the mast less admiral’s ship and a frigate returned. Of
the Egyptian fleet was nothing known. In letters from Smyrna was said that
Canaris himself burned 3 Turkish warships. According to rumours was the Captain
Pasha either sick or even dead. According to one letter of Constantinople
arrived the admiral’s ship of the captain pasha without masts and sails towed
by a frigate complete unexpectedly in the port without having the Captain Pasha
on board.
