American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-12-21
From he Nes1 York Commercial Ad1erser December IT,
GREAT NEWS FROM GREECE.

| BY the packet ships William Thompson, Capt.
Maxwell, and Helen. Capt. Cobb, from Liverpool,
we have our regular files or londun papers 10 the
9Th Of November and Liverpool Of the 18TH Bv
the l5aya'd, Capt. Robinson, from lIavre. we have
Paris papers to The 18th November, inclusive
The storm which has so long been gathering in
the East Of Europe. has at length burst upon the
Turks with terrific fury. A tremendous blow has
been inflicted upon the Turk;-h and Egyptian Ma
rlne which must convince the Sultan, and the
Egyptian butcher in the Morea that the Allied
Powers are at length in earnest 1t will be seen by
the official ad,ces from the British Admiral in the
l.evant, that the combined fleets of gland, France
and Russia, finding necessary to enter the harbor
ct Navarin to enforce the armistce to which lbra-
him Pacha had agreed, but which he was violating
by waglng still more terrible war upon the poor
Greeks. were fired upon BY the Turkish and Egyp-
tan ships. general and bloody engagement en-
sued, which continued four hours, and resulted in
the total destruction OF the combined Turkish ma
rine. with an immense loss Of lives. The combined
Turkish forces consisted Of ships of the line, 1G
risates, 27 briggs, and Ct coryettes-in all 49, ex.
elusive Of number Of fire ships. This estimate Of
the force is made from the account Of the action
given in the Paris Moniteur. But the Constitu~
tionel says the Moniteur gives but a very mper
feet account Of the immense number of the Turco'
Egyptians engaged 1t says the Turkish Govern
ment never collected on single point more i'm
posing naval force. They reckoned- 126 trans
ports. ships Of the line. frgates of go guns, IA
do. OF 40 do. SO corvettes, and 81 fire shps-tota
224 OF which but the wrecks of IS briggs and cor
vettes were left and even these were abandoned
The action commenced soon after sunrise, and at
nine O'Clock the batteries of Navarin and Sphacte.
ria were silenced, and five vessels on fire. At
ten forty-hve Austrian transports moored near the
inner island were also in flames; and about noon,
the Turkish naval force, the impious work OF for
eisn structure, and of crews raised from the mud
OF European ports, had ceased to exist The
Captain of one of the French ships engaged, writes
to his wife in Paris. that the destruction Of the
Egyptian fleet is complete, and that the ships con-
tinued burning two days after the battle. He
adds that the victory was so decisive that even
the fortrcsses capituated, and at the hour he
writing, the flag of the Allied Powers was floating
on the ramparts of Nayarin, and the garrison
marching out before them. But the victory was
dearly purchased. Many gallant officers and men
fell on board of the combined fleets. The total
killed in the British fleet in the above action,
rs; wounded 1917 In the French ileet. As killed.
10 severely wounded. 65 wounded. 1t does not
appear by the despatch that the Russians suffered
much The battle seems to have been fought with
great fury on both sides; but the Turks do not
appear to have lost that obstinate courage for which
they have been remarked ever since they became
a nation. considering the number of ships Of
the line opposed to the Turks and Egyptians, it is
surprising that the battle lasted so long. Ger
tainly the Turks have shown bv this BATTLE that in
point Of ability, they are superior to what have
supposed. They indeed fought to desperation,
and their loss was terrific. In one of their largest
ships $50 men were killed, and in another 400
The following is synopsis OF the forces Of the
respective parties:
Line. Frgaes. Corvet,es sloops, &c. Total.
r rrtnsh : 9 ! 7
Russia a 8
Allies 10 10 90
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