The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-28 00:00:00

LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1829.

Despatches were received at the Colonial
Office this morning from Major-General F.
PONSONBY, Governor of Malta, and also from
Sir GEORGE DON, Lieutenant-Governor of
Gibraltar.

The Austrian Observer of the 16th November,
contains the particulars of the late action be-
tween the Greeks and Turks in Eastern Greece,
the result of which was a convention (inserted in

The Sun of yesterday) for the evac.ualtiOti of

Livadia by the Turks. From the account there
appears to have been more powder than shot ex•'
nended in the battle, for. he Greeks only lost

three men killed and twelve wounded, while the
Turks lost a great nutnber—so great that they
could not be counted in the smoke:—

VIENNA, NOV. 15.
The following is the Report given in the Uni-
•crsal Gazelle of Greece of October 7, of the last
Hairs between the Turks and the Greeks, in
:
" After the last attacks of the enemy in Livadia
this is the town of Livadia, not the country of

Livadia), the General, Demetrius Ypsilanti, occu-
pied with the regiments under his command the
strong position of Petra, in order to hinder the
enemy from advancing to the other parts, and thus
to protect as far as possible the other provinces.
The enemy, whose troops, regular and irregular
horse and foot, amounted to 7,000 men, had posted
themselves on the 22d of September at the distance
of a cannon-shot from that position, and prepared
to attack it, which they did t.,n the 24th. We do
not describe this glorious action, because we be-
lieve our readers will prefer the following extract
from the report of the General to the Governmen t:—
" At day-break, on the 24th of September, the
Turks having- a small detachment in their fortified
camp, advanced in a body against Petra, bringing
with them four cannon, to destroy the entrench-
ments. The cavalry formed at the foot of Petra in
two lines. The regular infantry divided into two
columns of equal strength, advanced against the en-
trenchments of the second Chiliarch and of the Pen-
taksiarch, by Skurtanioti. The latter received
them outside of the entrenchments. The action

began; the cannonade continued without intermis-
sion.' Thr hundred regular infantry and cavalry
occupied the neighbouring village of Vustemiti, in
order to cover the rear of the column advancing
against Skurtanioti. All the Albanians marched
against Dias.elo. The auxiliary corps of the garri-
son was obliged to occupy another eminence on the
side of Vustemiti. The Albanians advanced impe-

tuously to within ten paces of the intrenchments.—
kt that moment, Chiliarchs Dyovusnoli and Krie-
sioti, came up with the greater part of their troops,
and attacked the Albanians just as they were going
to storm, under the command of Asian Bey. By

this, and the brave defence of the intrenchments, the
attack was defeated, the Albanians repulsed, and
after an action of two hours, the Turks were com-
pelled to abandon their positions, and to take flight
amidst a heavy and incessant fire from the Greeks.
At the same time S. Milios, the commander of the
garrison, attacked the enemy at Vustemiti, and drove
them away with loss.
" This glorious victory so far rewarded the bra-
very of the corps ; but the safety of the Turks is to
be ascribed to their numerous cavalry and the grape-
shot of their cannon. Their loss in killed and
wounded, especially among the Albanians, was great,
as they afterwards confessed. Among the killed
was a Hekatontiach of the regular troops and two
Albanians, standard bearers. The Greeks had three
men killed and twelve wounded. The trophies of
the victory arc two standards and a great number of
prisoners; who were afterwards exchanged for Greek
peasants who had been made prisoners.
" The whole Turkisli army has to-day left Lu-
rupi, together with the garrison of Livadia, under
the command of the Tufectschibaschi of Rumelia.
He is followed by the whole of the 4th regiment,
_ _ _ _

and the C'hiliarch N. Kriesidi with 200 men more,
with orders to occupy Fontana as soon as it should

be evacuated.

" I consider it a; my duty to represent to your
Excellency the good conduct and bravery of the
officers and men. All the measures taken in this
critical F,ituation were duly executed. The inhabit-
ants arc beginning to return to their flecks. Your
Excelle►►cy's Commissioner (Count Augustin Cap°
cll.stria) is 'awned every thing. Ny. Aid-de-

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