Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-08-09
Foreign.
LArEsr ERnM FRANCE.

kl0 ACNANs INIRh1
are received These papers bear me
lsncholy tidinss concerning the poor
Greeks-ioo thousand fUe hundred o.
,Ohom kars been put TO he sr0rd! IN a
battle fought on the 10Th OF May HUI
manity bieeds in b~eholdIng his mlsera
Bile but heroic people slaughtered like
dogs; but manhood exults IN tue despe-
rate and uny Yielding courage with which
they met destruction instead Of slavery.
The Greeks, it seems, had assembled
10000 men for the relief OF Athens'-
Four thousand had marched IN the Oh
r~ection of Asomato, at the norm ot the
Pyreus, for the purpose Of attacking the
Turks In the rear, who occupied a Tor
tiled position among the olive groves,
while the other troops we're to attack
them in front On the 4th, kariakaki
commenced the attack on the Turks.
and .Oas killed, 10Th three hundred y
his men. On the 9th, an engagement
took place batween the Turks and those
Greeks who had effected a landing from
the feet Two thousand men, sent by
Redchid Pacha, attacked them, and the
defeat and slaughter of the Greeks was
horrid. Que oil ~ Philhellonists, IS
we're killed The total loss of the
Greeks in killed was $500 men. Lord
Cochrsne with difficulty succeeded in
taking on board the fieetth re mnant of
the army, and General Church, in raj
lying his troops, narrowly escaped be
ing made prisoner. The expedition is
said to have been well planed, and the
defea. is attributed to the superiority Of
the Turkish cavalry.
The Greeks, however, though de
feated with great loss, still continued
their efforts for the preservation OF A
thens. Al the receipt of the last intelii-
gence, Gen. Church still kept posses
sion of the heights of Phalermo with
5000 men, and on the 18th of May,
that is ten days after the defeat, the A
croplis held out, On the 18th. Lord
Cochrane was securing the Archipelago
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 recalls to US the days and
the deeds of Leonidss and the Spartans
After the battle, a very honorable CAPT
tulation VA offered to the Greeks, who
are yet besieged in the Acropolis they
returned for answer, that "ifthe Pacha
wished their arms, he must come and
take them, and that they would not sur
render the citadel until death" Before
the attack, Lo,d Cochrane promised
1000 tslaris to the man who should car
~ off the colour of Reschid Pacha, and
the same sum TO him who should hoist
the Admiral's flag on the gate OF the CT
tadel Of Athens.
The Paris Constitutional, Of the i4th,
contains the following article:
Trieste. June "A vessel which
left syria, May 10, has brought the I'm.
pleasant news. that the Greeks had suf.
fered a total defeat under the walls of
the Acropolis, and that this bulwark of
Ancient and Modern Greece was lost
beyond recovery. 9 500 Greeks were
left dead on the field of battle, among
them Karaiskaki, and most of the de.
tenders of Missolonghi. The garrison
of Acropolis was momently expected to
blow up. The greatest CONSERVATION
prevailed among the Greeks.
"Another letter from syria, of the
same date, says: The Greek troops
sent to the relief Of the Acropolis and
which consisted of the flower of the ma
ton, have been completely defeated
The Turks, reinforced by troops from
Constantinople, surrounded the Greek
corps, which could not force a passage,
and lost upwards of 5000 men, includ
ing the brave Karaiskaki. The Aero
polls has not yet fallen, but ne gotiations
for a c%aPitulation are now going on
A French and an English frigate, and
the Austrian corvette Caroline, are in
the Roads of Athens. for the purpose OF
assisting in the negotiation, and pi oyid
ing for the safety of the garrison"
Letters from Frankfort on the Main,
announce, that the continual rains which
have prevailed for some time, haze
given occasion to extensive business in
corr In Hungary the crop OF fruit is
completely destroyed. On several other
points of Germany the winter wheats
present a wrefched appearance. The
fine alone is in a thriving state.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND The
ship Georgia, Capt Smith, from Liver
pool, brings London papers to the 18th