Zante,
13 March. All Greek islands were busy with fitting out fairways and stations
with fire ships and rockets where the Turkish squadron probably could appear.
At that moment were 40 complete armed and fitted out ships cruising off the
African coasts especially off Cape Bon to prevent ships from the Barbary States
to depart to sea or to fight with these. The Austrian brig Montecuculi master
Patimen who tried to victual the Turkish in the besieged castle of Patras was
hold up by 3 Greek vessels and brought to Zante. Original source for these
tidings was the newspaper Journal des Débats.
