The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-08-08
From the .New York Con;nie5cial .4dUertiSer
DEFEAT OF THE GREEKS.

Accounts from SYRIA to May 10, bear
melancholy tidings of the poor Creeks
t,co thousand fire hundred Of uhoDa hare
been put to the Sword! in a battle on the
8R Of May H gHne beeds o r e esSHe
slaughtered like dogs-but manhood ex-
ults in the desperate and unyielding cour-
age with which they meet destruction in
stead of slavery. The Greeks, it seems,
had assembled 10000 men for the relief OF
Athens. Four thousand had marched in
the direction of Asomato, at the month OF
the Pyreus, for the purpose of attacking
the Turks in the rear, who occupied for
tilted position in the olive groves, while the
other troops were to attack them in front.
On the 4th, Karaiskaki commenced the
attack on the Turks. and was killed, Nth
300 Of has men. On the 9th, an engage
ment took place between the Turks and
those Greeks who had effected landing
from the fleet. Two thousand men, sent
by Redschid Pacha, attacked them, and
the defeat and slaughter of the Greeks
was horrid. Out of % Philhellonists, Is
were killed. The total loss of the Greeks
in killed, was $500 men. Lord Cochrane
with difficulty, succeeded in taking on
board the feet the remnant of the army,
and General Church, in rallying his troops.
narrowly escaped being made prisoner.
The expedition is said to have been well
planned, and the defeat is attributed to the
superiority of the Turkish cavalry.
The Greeks, however, though defeated
with great loss, still continued their efforts
for the preservation Of Athens. At the re-
ceipt of the last intelligence, General
Church still kept possession of the heights
of Phalermo with 5000 men, and on the
10th of May, that is ten days after the de-
feat, the Acropolis held out. On the 18th,
Lord Cochrane was securing the Archipe-
lago in search of reinforcements.
There is an incident connected with this
defeat, which shows that the spirit of their
fathers is still alive in the Greeks, and re-
calls to US the days and the deeds of Leon
ldas and the Spartans: After the battle,
very honorable capitulation was offered to
the Greeks, who are yet besieged in the
Acropolls they returned for answer. that
" II the Pacha wished their arms, he must
come and take them, and that thew would
not surrender the citadel until DEATH"
Before the attack, Lord Cochrane promis-
ed 1000 talaris to the man who should car
ny off the color of Redschid Pacha, and
the same sum to him who should hoist the
Admiral's flag on the gate of the citadel
of Athens.
The Augsburgh Gazette mentions a re-
port at Constantinople, that the first meas
ures which will be taken by the Courts of
London, Paris, and st. Petersbur6h. in
case the Porte persevers in refusing ,to1
comply with their demands, will be to pre-
vent any Ottoman or Egyptian troops be-
ing sent to the Morea or Livadia, and to
stop the transports of provisions or amm,l-
nitions. The squadrons of the three now
ers stationed at Smyrna, will be sufficient
for this primary measure, which will be
followed by one much more energetic Cd
another side.
Extract of private letter of the 18th
ult. from Constantinople =" The Maronis
de Ribeaupierre has made known to the
Refs Efendi, that even ifthe other powers
should abandon the intention of interfering
in the affairs of Greece, the intervention of
Russia would nevertheless take Mace
This declaration has made deep innres-
sion on the Porte, and the Important crisis
is certainly at hand"