The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-08-02
BY THE STEM BO.iT.


of June. bearing melancholy tidings con
cerning the poor Greeks-t'o0 thousand fee
hundred of ,rhom hare been pct TO the sicord'
in battle fought on the 10Th OF May. Hu.
manity bleeds in behOiding this miserable
but heroic people slaughtered like dogs [;
but manhood eXults IN the desperate and
unylelding courage with which they meet
destruction, instead ofslavery. The Greeks,
1t seems, had assembled 10000 men for the
relief of Athens. -Four thousand had
marched in the direction Of Asomato, a the
north of the Pyreus, for the purpose of at.
lacking the Turks in the rear, who occupi.
ed fortified position among the olive
groves, while the other troops were 10 at
tack them in front. On the 4th, kariaska.
Xxi commenced the attack on tho Turks, and
s0as killed, tOih 800 ofhi men. On the
9th, an engagement took place between
the Turks and those Greeks who had eff
fected a landing from the fleet. Two
thousand men, sent by Redschid Pacha,
attacked them, and the defeat and slaugh-
ter of the Greeks was horrd. Out of -
Phhellonists, lS were killed. The total
loss of the Greeks in killed was $500 men
Lord Cochrane with difficulty succeeded
i'm taking on board the feet the remnant of
the army, aud General Church, in rallying
his troops, narrowly escaped being made
prisoner The expedition is said TO have
been well planned, and the defeat is attrl-
buted to the superiority of the Turkish ca
valry.
The Greeks, however, though defeated
with great loss, still continued their efforts
for the preservation of Athens. At the re-
roiDt ng tho Lost int Con Ch,r,h
still kent possession Of the heights of Pha-
1ermo with 5000 mon. and on the 18th Of
May. that is ten days after the defeat, the
Acropolis held out. On the 18th, Lord
Cochrane was securing the Archipelago in
search freiniorcements.
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 lie
onidas and the Spartans: After the battle,
n very honorable capitulation was offered
to the Greeks, who are yet besleged in the
Acropolis they returned for answer, that
If the pacha wished their arms, he must
come and take them, and that they would
not surrender the citadel until death" Be
iore s, ti taiapis 10 the ma9. who should carry
off The color of Redschid Pacha, and the
same sum TO him who should hoist the ad-
miral's flag on the gate of the citadel of A
thens.
The Augsburgh Gazette and the Anstrl
an Observer continue to give letters from
different places in the Levant relative to
the victories obtained by the Greeks over
the Turks, at Athens and its vicinity, to-.
wards the end of April. They contain,
however, very little that is new. IT seems
that in fortified convent, dedicated to ST,
Spiridion, few hundred Turks held out
for a long time with remarkable courage.
At length they offered to capltulatc, which
the Greeks refused. Gen. Church howev
or, struck with the resolute manner III
which they defended themselves, thought
proper 10 grant them a capltulation and
free egress from the convent. The Greeks
nevertheless, having just learned that lbra-
him Pacha continued to murder their wives
and children without pity in the Morea, fell
upon the garrison as they were going out
and in spite of the rcmOnstrances OF Gen
Church, massacred them all.
The Augsburgh Gazette contains the
following intelligence, dated Trieste, May
3l:"A vessel arrived here from Smyrna in
ten davs. announces that Redschd Pacha
enraged by the massacre of the garrison Of
St. Spiridion, has caused all the Greeks
that were in his power to be beheaded
According 10 letters from Zante, the
Greeks ho are found along the road where
lbrahim Pacha passes, are obliged TO flee
into the mountains, to avoid being murder.
ed. On the 25th Of April, upwards of200C
women and children were massacred. A
great number who had gone in the direc
ton Of the coast were taken by the enc
my's vessels, some succeeded in getting tC
Zante, from whence they were sent 10 Ca
'amos."
The Augsburg Gazette mentions a report
al Constantinople. that tho first measure
which will be taken by the Courts Of Lon
don. Paris, and ST Petersburgh. IN case
the Porte perseveres in refusing to com
rlv with their demands. will be to prevent
any Ottoman or Egyptian troops being
sent to the Morea or LivadIa, and TO STOP
the transport of provisions or ammunition
The sauadrons Of tho three powers sta.
toned at Smyrna will be sufficient for thi.
primary measure, which will be followed
bv one much more energetic on another
side. The Marquis de Ribsupierre. am
bassador OF Russia, lives quite retired at his
country house at Bujakdere, and seldom
quits il.
A letter tho 25ih ult from Stoc ckholn
says 1--WE are assured that orders have
been given for - gun ship. two frigate.
and some light vessels. to be fitted out by
the middle Of June. II is conjcctured thai
these vessels are to Join the Russian squad
ron fitting ont at Cronstadt for the Medit
erranean. In the diplomatic circles it I.
said that England and Russia are deter
mined to settle the affairs of Greece anC
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