The Wilmingtonian., 1823-10-09
GREECE.
BosToN, Ser

GREECE.
BosroN, Sept. 80.
We are again furnished with Smyrna
papers to the 2jth of July, filled with ill.,
teresting intelligence of the course of
events in Greece.--It would appear from
this intelligence that the Greeks are on
the very point being crushed by the sl.
perior power Of their enemy, and that their
ruin is the more certain, from the want of
concert and harmony among themselves,
We hope there may be some fallacy in
these accounts, and that the condition Of
this unhappy people is not SO hopeless as
iii is here represented but we feel bound
to say that although the Spectator Orien-
tai, from which we derive this intelligence,
has always shown very little respect for
the Greeks, and as little interest in their
cause, or faith in their success, yet we
have always found during the period that
we have accustomed to peruse this journal
through the kindness of the friend to whom
we are now indebted, that the intelligence
which it furnishes is entitled to much
more credit than that which we have o.
tanned relative to affairs in that quarter,
from any other source.
The Captain Pacha landed from his
feet in the island of Eubea 1000 men.
BY means of this force the siege of Carts
to was raised, aud the Turks began to act
on the offensive. They burnt all the vii.
lagos, and endeavoured to destroy all the
houses of the Greeks, and of the inhabit-
ANTS, few only saved themselves by fly
ling to the mountains. To watch these a
small force only was necessary, and the
rest of the Turks it was supposed had
marched towards Athens. Accounts from
Athens are TO the lth of July, when it is
said that every thing was in horrible cor
fusion, from its being announced on +ie
lst that Ia 900 Turks were advancing hp-
on the city, and were already arrived at
Llvadia, and on the 4th were only three
or four leagues from Athens. 1t was not
known certainly whether this was de-
tachment OF the Ottoman army marching
upon the Peloponessas, or the disposeable
force from the island of Eubea.
As soon as the approach of the Turks
was known, the Heparch gave notice to
the Europeans and others at Athens that
they must retire to some other place for
+, safety, for he could not answer for what
might happen. Almost every body fed on
; this alarm. The Greeks to the island of
Salamis, except little more than three
hundred, who shut themselves up in the
! rIcitadel.-They are furnished with prov-
sions for year, and they cannot want for
Iwater, having discovered the ancient
fIspring, of which an account has been CIV
? len, and united it with the citadel by a
i bastion. This is of very difficult access,
3 and to become masters of it. it will be ne
: cessary to scale steep rock and to force
successfully five gates. While the Greeks
ebeseiged it formerly, although they fired
n n a vast number of bumbs, they killed bu'
s. two persons. But at present, the Specta.
t tor adds, for military purposes the Turk:
l. have no need of taking the citadel. 1t is
only necessary to take the plain, and tc
fortify the Pierus. which can be easily
4 done. In this place the Turkish shipping
e would be in safety. Mr.. Fauvel, thu
l.. French Consul at Athens, withdrew t.
aSyra, and thence to Smyrna.
D. With the exception of the Acropos, all tn
Al fortified places the continent, but those in IN
is Morea, are in possession of the Turks, and 0
r these they hold Patras, Coron, Modon, and tn
citadel of Corintl. The town of Corinth is !
of the Greeks. The Captain Pach
e ,Ibas established himself at Patras, and from TIN
a'|place sends his naval dctachments without bein
observed by the Grecian feet. BY means OF hi
ne fleet he transported to Pstras from Pr9
'rt 1900 Albanlans, who were to advance int
rs, Peninsula from that direction, while larg
I'M hut he, oft tha lat, f,ff
ry This latter army, 10 The number it was
'r. 10000 men, under lbrahm Pacha, had Z T
on taken possession Of the first de6es of the $40
ne and was waiting for the arrival OF prov;
II is stated that the plan of operations was
IT, advance step without being assured Off \
nr dant supply provisions, for an expeditio z ="
rh THE army was sure to find only country ~
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