Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-10-12
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BOSTON, Ocl. Capt K.ng has a,r,ved be,a
from Smyrna, which he left Tho 2t.b JuIv
ihe'e were reports current ~ SMYRNA when q an,
sa'e.', That the Turkish and Greek facts had been
ene'Sed, that the latter had capursd Of ves.,is Ia
n'ste n,n Org or'ns OF the uumber) and tina, the
Aurs'sh hte, had fled May iene bur these renor,s
appear 10 he iDcorrt CT, is on The % H. when CT
X passed ipsara, the fleet Then of hat ISLAND
Inc greeks ~ SH'y'na had sitong suspiciuns iha,
me Austrian aud French men OF war i'm the Arcbi
pei GU were giving information 10 the Turks of ~.
weak points IN he q. rex Islands, into which The
s'eneh cru,ze's, were, IA consequence, forbidden
20 ener \ icIirr had been received therh T,nn
oyra, dated the Ii Juae which mcnoned IN a, The
Austrian digate Sienne had been II lpsar. The I H.
a"o had men'ioned that the enemy meant to attack
tue ISLAND and thai French fIigae had been seen
making fsefVatioHs, and taking soundings on the
NOrth West % tie island TC,utiusI
EXTRACT OF LETTER
Smg,,ia, .July % 1921
fortunate fall nf Ipsara. The Captain Pacha NJ.
licked 1t The I'd instant with ms aee consisting OF
Soo sail Of which were - c. 10 frigaes,a line OF
bae ship, with briggs, sIoops, &c He landed his
troops, 10 the number Of 10 0OO under = heavy can
nonsde. An Arnaut, or Aib,uiau, who comma nded
The onress which should have protected thn land NO
place. was rendered useless nv ihe reason of ts AZ;
Ger The Greeks, however, DE- r. nded The he ach for
Sor hours, sword in hand when ,he Turks vim
had iaoded IN another direction, were seen rush,o
down be hills upon them /; The Greek f,,ce ,hon,
5000 men, was obliged TO retreat, A prent war, of
nose wac survived threw themselves mo tort s
c"l nd ere made good their resistance for 3
ofNff NNcb tue tHpr'cU breach E,udins
iUt'er esisince van, these Spartan souls Diet rain
ed 20 sell their lives dearly. They shot away Their
owe Il z, and ho'steti one with Death or riber,vn
on ., md ceased fling The Turks blinking lhey
hid surrendered, rushed into the casiIe when The
Grnens bew themselves uc together with heir ono
mics. The explosion dreadful ,rd "a al IA
main mine 'aken, which onght TO have caught at the
same momen', several thousand Turks would have
been destroyed. This mine Contained 40 b,rreIs az
powder, and upon which Turks we're s,,ud,,r
great ,nnoy women and children were in the castle
La . Il A. g.. "A III
and massacre Of the women aud children Tie l,-
males defended themselves equally with The men, and
preferred death 10 being made slaves. great many
OF the heroic actions Of these women have been re-
laied by the Turks themselves Hundreds Of them
stabbed themselves, or threw themselves into the 8.
WI h their children ~ their aims Not above 90
lpsario sagce have come here a considerable
number OF the women and children got on board
boats, S.. and got away but all the boats which
were overi"keB were sunk bS the Turks. The last
reports say, the Greek feet from Hydra had attack
ed lpsara, md reisker IL ; and thai an action had
been fought between the two nee;s, aud that the
Greeks had gained victory But | caunof believe
that mere merchants VESSELS such as compose Their
feet, could stand any chance With such heavy snius
as the III ks have. The courage and desperation Of
the G -e'ts my do much. They musf destroy The
Iurk,sh H. or al The Islands will bs lost to them
TIE Great Cayara is safe (; AZ well ~ the Admiral
OF the Ipsar'o Gee, AMI anont 10 of their vessels -
Thpy have hps,ed the btIck Fgg, with a Scis,i,ar
and having ios' their wives and children are nov
desPe s.'':, oil, +. ,,,...a,.,
so 900 uoops have already assembled =, s alanova
aud 10 600 are ready 10 j IN Iem We are y,fy un'
pleasantly shuaed, with shch "uuher Of ,rops al
over tne fnppry "a soon ~ Samos is afiarked aud
winch, fear, must fall. 'he wsr sal be crri.d o.
in the Morea w,cr "" sh-li be Tess troubled Ivy II "
SMYRNA PAPER
W. a'e favored wi,i, F" IL Snyrn-an," OF he IL T.
July. j. contains Igtfie ire spirited n,pasr,ss
ador 81 by The CommanJsnt olthe Ausritu s,lu dion
10 INC Archipelago, ~ iee'pnn"g 'brce Austrian
vessel. whch bad been iakrD hv he G,pfka on s,s
OF hsIuQ eOggueI IN Z ,,
Turk.
There several articles Il on the suf,.ci Of the
ioa Of The = eroh N,,ai ,a,m,odsr ia. Turkish
e. ,nd arid s"ut officer To the Comm nder Of
III" Turk 81 tronus, request him propose - CAPT.
tulaiion 20 Tho q eks who had taken refuge 10 Inc
lor'rss Of -. rpl' bar that the Comm ,ntet 20
pEeJ that t!,e Tux go eHasper red h,i n - ,r
impo -ibe 'ir 'ro Admiral expressed his rearsf 1T
no hong ahIn 10 sle' his handful Of hrave MO-
II 4dds, ii the C'p'iin Pacha had returned -,
Mwclona ~ y ateat mart OF be 1set nd va, pre
pairing ark St1os with 40 600 men :-'Tbat
great par OF n'r e. d.,ihad Hen mo he hind,
Of he tnrkq std ID nt,sfiy been burn Nv ilpo,
and thai only abnu 90 bsJ escaped m Hy.lr': Add
that 81" ~ lps'rio, vessels, named by Tuks. aud
bringing slaves ,lny ar'y-d ~ s ny,ra tat ttat the
'omlps ,cl1rtd they y"re not lpsUro's, bat the
el'Vss oi individuals Of DIT ptrfs o. Greece Who
ihoUght 4, Hnd ~ ifnp'egn 81 ,syiuai Tor hem IN
IP'"r'. Nothing g sad o. az Navh action.
FROM GREECE.
OcfobsT I've i.,ve fcceiVei ibe Smrruean Of
J"y 10 and II TITS paper .- pt,n,td ~ Frrnch
gu "rpc''@ 'n be the O,irnf1i S.. ornf ,eV.vrd -
me 30 pnfii'efs before Us furnish he following
iicles ri in'elte-n-e m M,
GnRScf.- OErtd Hsporfs, Jgas % -Orrf Pachq
sH rses'ss tfs orphro iu B.t. Oner ,pt s.,fs
u he 10 dissr zee 18th fhe 9 nlme Panc iton, tie
i2Nowit2 laris which bsge come % opr knowfedee
'he ~ ~ June, Of er of fiss porte s4' 5ut
ifon = '1stinltn0ps (pr PreVesa, accompanied bs
, et''re3 'nd ~ J'no'ss'nea, with an order 10
eplow 0pp1 ~ Mrussclq % Pfevess - deliver Owe,
~ 'orfosses Of Pcesoas, Voauzs, Ara, Paga,