American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-10-01
ER0M EUROPE.

Affairs D Turkey and Greece, presented all the
pre-existing appearances of peace like wdr.
The Turks continued to massacre the Christians,
and the Christian members OF the holy alliance,
whose millions of swords leapt out oil their scab
bards at the command Of Burke to avengc the
OF diSsOlute g,teen repose with perfect com
placency over the barbarism and brutality pcrpetra-
ted on the vir,uous females, matrons and virgins OF
Greece, violated, sold as slaves, in greater cha
rty stabbed to the heart There is great deal oil
proiessed religion current IN the present times
but what is holiness religion, it such atrocities
are passively or indlferently contemplated What
must the man be in his soul who could trust him
with his purse or honor, that could be the advocate
or the apoogist Of such crueltIes, such outrages oil
nature. such hoty alliances.
Ii men would only consider their ordinary pro.
fessons and regard the meaning Of what they say
or profess day-such transactions would excite
universal indignation and commoton throughout
the earth, that must annihilate those mposers who
impose upon mankind by titles without signifca-
ton, and power without jus,ice.-Aur0ra.
Every account from the continent tends TO con-
firm the success of the Greeks. There seems now
no longer doubt as to the defeat oil Chourschld
Pacha. The engagement which took place be-
tween the Turks and the Greeks on that occasion,
was long and bloody. 1t commenced on the goth OF
May, and continued until the LIST OF June, which
day the Turks were completely defeated, and the
remaining army withdrew towards Glykv. The
Greeks vigorously pursued them, and set FIRE to
several places they were unable to maintain. The
loss sustained by the Turks is very considerable,
and all their baggage fell into the hands of the
Greeks.
g. The most circumstantial account of the sue
cess Of the Greeks is to DC found in the following
extract of letter from Zante, dated June Is which
announces the capture of Patras, and other impor-
tant ,rumphs Of the Greeks:
i" II is well known that Colocotroni had been be-
seging Patras for upwards of two months, and that
he had under his orders about $4,000 men. Several
skirmlshes took place between the Greeks and
Mehmet, and Yousouff. (Pacha) who had under
their orders about 1000 men, mostly from Con-
stantinople, bat there was d,cIded advantage
gained on either side. On the 18th, the two Pa
chas united their forces and came into the plain OF
Pa'ras; ColocoIrani wa pr, pared to receive them,
and dispatched Sessions corps Of 5000 men to the
rear oil the castle Of Patras.
" The battle took place between 81. Andre, on
the sea shore, and the monastery of Gerocomio
about two miles miami it was sustained with great
fury on both sides for several hours; last, the
Greeks succeeded in putting to fight the Turkish
cavalry which caused such universal CONSERVATION
that the rest OF the Turks com nenced preciptale
retreat, against eve,y effort OF the Pachas to pre-
vent the flight, and abandoned six brass field pieces
CoIocotronl pursued his advantage, and Judgment
in the fortress being effected by the Greeks. the
Turks left as guard SURRENDER ed on the arrival of
CoIncoironi. The Greek loss was severe, occa-
stoned principally by the Turkish artillery it is
est,ma ed that about two hundred men were killed,
ard upwards of four hundred and fifty wounded,
among the latter was Colocotroni himself by a
Enusket ball III the but not at all dangerously
"The Turkish loss was very great; about 700
men were lett dead or wounded on the field, and
nearly 400 were made prisoners in the pursuit.
Colocotroni dispatched about 10000 men the next
da, to the castle OF More under the orders OF his
nephew: but the Pacha had resolved not TO stand
an assault Upon the approach Of the Greeks thcy
fired the magazine, but ii did not take full effect.
only blowing up the interior OF the fortress. l he
Greeks then entered, and the TWO Pachas sailed il
is supposed, for Karon or Napoli di Romanis.''