The
newspaper Beobachter published a tiding dated Constantinople 25 April
dealing with Hussein Pasha attacking Sizopolis. While the Russian claimed that
the attack completely failed claimed the Turkish that they captured a redoubt
before the fortress despite the gunfire of Russian warships. The Russian
expeditions towards several ports at the Black Sea forced the Porte to fit out
the fleet lying near Bujukdere. To be able to man her were in all districts of
the city and surrounding places a large number of sailors pressed and were all
available and useful vessels send to the Bosporus to reinforce the fleet. The
17th April departed the Capudan Pasha on board of the complete new fitted out
110-gun 3-decker Selimie towards the Bosporus to take over the supreme command.
The fleet was just there fore sighted by the sultan.
