Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-09-16
THE GREEKS.

| We have been favored (.ays r.. w.
York Gazette. Sept. Il0 by na,,.
ger in the Lewis. from Hsvre. with ~
following extracts from late French =, We
Pers, relative to the affairs of Greece
The prospects of the Greek, ,,. ~;
year very fattering. they have perf,.,'
ly secured their western frontier ,0,is..
any invasions the Albanians NAV ,o,;"
attempt, and this may be con.idereSs. =.
the mos. important result Of the success
oftheir efforts during the last camp,is"
The AlbaDians were certainly the me-. e..
formidable enemies they had to eueoua '
ter, who, accustomed to the fatigue, 4
dangers of war. which is almost th.i.
only employment. could continuann
harrass and maintain long and ob,H
nate struggle with them. The Gre.I.
were early aware of this. and pe,ssye,.
ed in their plans for defending than.
selves against SO formidable an sp.m,
The prudent Mavrocordatos, whom IN
the Greek chiefs acknowledge a. III.
| soul of their party, paid. from the be.
ginning, particular attention to the situ.
atoms of Etolia and Arcananis, and h,
his brilliant defence of Missolonoi;
gave check to the Albanians, from III,
effects of which it is probable thew will
not soon rerover. They had been al.
ready considerably weaker ed by.v..
riety of circumstances which preceded
this event.
The civil war which broke out altar
the fall Of Ali Pacha, and in which +.
crest number Of the Aibapians took
part against the Porte, was one of ma.
terial consequence. The continuance
of the war in Epirus, and above all, that
against the Sou!iotes, cost them great
numb of men, which was followed IN
by the loss of the best part Of their ar,
my in the expeditions against E,olia
and ArcapaRia. Of four Pschas who
commanded in Albania, two, Rochld
and Pliasss, were ordered by the Pore
to Thessaly, and could only music. 400
mon to accompany them. The other
two, Omer and Jassouf, VINO occupy
Arta ana Prevesss, have not above 500
or loco MEN.
The Notifications of Napoli di Roma.
ma are undergoing repairs; those which
were begun at Athens and in the Aero.
poll, have been completed some time
since. The Greeks have had the good
fortune to find in the latter an ancient
spring Of fresh water, the want ofwbich
obliged the Turks who occupied il 10
capituIate. But, Of all the Notifications
undertaken by tho Greeks, ,he u ost
! important are those of Missoiinghi. At
the instigation of Mavrocorda,on the
people Of Etolia have dug within two
months broad and deep trench, which
j traverses two long causeways leading
from the Deigbboring mar.he. to tho
town l. 70 nearly 9 miles IN length,
and almost gives to MissoleDghi the ad.
vaDtases of an island. A new rampart
and several batteries defend It; the en-.
gineers who have visited these tortifca~
TOPS consider them o. quito sufficient
to de- end tho place against any attack
of the Turks, however considerable IN
number they may be, being situa' ed os.
low the level of the sea, and separated
from it by several long lakes, the ap.
proach is inaccessible TO shipping and
they are perfectly secure on that side.
From It. SITUATION, MIssolOughi, which
is now become one Of the most consider.
ab,e fortres.es Of Greece, 10 tho key Of
the Pelopenesus and E'olis 90 ono
hand ,t forms for the forme q bulwark
AGAINST Albania and on the the other
affords a safe retreat to the district OF
Western Greece.
The care ofthe western frontier 10
confided to Gen. Bazaris, who has al
ready gained some advantages over tho
Albanians. and enjoys the confidence OF
the inhs bitants of that part OF Greece
HE army has lately been reinforced oy
a party of his countrymen, the S0u'l'
otes, who, after their capitu'sIlon ID
Sept last, had taken refuge in Cephs..
lonia. and since received per mission OF
the Ionian government to rel OLD their
General. Another Soulio,e regiment.
that had retired before the capi,ulation
to the mountains of Chimera, between
Epirus and Arcanania. has also joined
him. Diamantis, who, towards the
close Of tho last winter retook from tho
Turks the peninsula Of Cassandra. with
considerable quantity Of artillery,
which they had brought up to defend
that place, has perfectly re.establ'shed
himself there. His first object was to
fortify the place again. and this being
accomplished, he begins to push tor
ward small Par'iesto harrass the coon'
try between Cassandrs and SsIonIea:
The Greeks have taken the castle OF
Lepanto and reduced the fortress Ne
Al Ia a.