Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1828-12-26

GRFECE The Paris Moniteur OF the 2d OF Noro nnti,
official despatch IRON Lieut.. 1cnera Inc Mar
GUESS lie Mason, the French Nnser OF war, dated at
Sa,ar h, detailing the particulars OF the slrren
der ui the the Molea which, lorahan c't IN
the possession OF Egyptians and lu KS on MS ehoaNnb
r E,yp In ender OF these tort esses the troops
met with little ressance Several OF the Enghsh naval
officers Joined French troops u fight at thef side
The first taken was Navarln the toop having pen
INTO and nee 10 the Citadel, WI hout
meeting with ay resistance la Nayarn were found oo
pieces Of tnou, 50 Ut wncn We mounted and oadeo,
magazines Of provisions Tor seveia months oooooo ca
truScs, and water tor ~ days nc ifsoh was c'Pos.
ed Of an Egyptian battalion Of a0j men, ~ ganaers AND
60 Mniute Turks, who to b. sent to EGYPT with arms
.nd baggage fhe f1rtieaiions were III pad condition,
ami e town heap of infected Tn next fortress
watch was summoned TO surrender Was Modon The same
answer was gwen Nava IN to @t sine Forte 10 not
al aar with lie French ms English; no acts OF hosh
ties viii clmnted but the place VIII not pe gwen up.
Preparations were made take lac town, boh py land
and forces ANA the troops mad already began . FORCE
open gates the presence Of the GARRISON ~hch max
no re,s aice At Thu, moment the Mlqusss Mason ar
REV -rhe Pecha decaed TO HIM tnat ne could not SUI
render fortress but that IT he took n''n PRISONER N
spite Of himself, he hoped ne wound give nm As Snoa
terms the garrison of Na9arln Inis was pronsedi le
Ma Guess M1son ordered gates to be forced OPEN
when troops entered and took possession Modon IS
very strong place. winch has, what IS NOT cohno III 'e
East covered way palsadoed, an enormous d!tca,
douoe enclosure, and Walls of consideraoe ht5t. II
provided with provisions for more than SIX 'ots-
with ammunition for two sie5es--one hinired pieces o'
cannola garrison ct 1919 men, OF whom ou6 are iurke,
and $40 ;.os Of the battalion. Coron was surenier-
the day though the garrison was not disposed to do
81. the permitted send ofiiccr to con-
vince him that Mognn had fayn and IN Quarter OF a.
hour after his reur if the place did not sur en- Ter 70 the
French troops to be attacked ~ SEA and ~ land and
destroyed with the garrison ms nal the aesle req effect
and Cuun opened its gates Tins place, 50 FAR a. con
Germs tue urtcaton, MT in so bad condition, as Ma
arm but, Ike the others. it presented only heat
OF 3udlngs.n runs 1t was amply supplied @ilh pro
yislu rs, and hal 80 pieces Ut cannon and no tars.
The Mlrql OF Mason iext spatched by sea- The 81
brigade to Inc Cali q lepato, with orders to drive ht
Ia ks from parls AMI Morea. twenty tour hours were
granted Haljl A)daan, to surrender; III the mea,
tune the French troops drawn up and completely sur
ruun led tho place wnin cannon shot. On seeing tins tht
. i'acna capltuated.
enemies Iprahm embarked 81 UOO men; he lett III tn
trress=s Of Mcssenl. tian 25J0 men, TURKS ant
Egyptians. q, Schroeder found about oOOo men IN tn
forts OF Patras anu M9rea inus between 20 AMI 2loo
men qlt the country and torte sses
: few days Coron IS to De deyered up to the Gree
government 1t Shall send regular troops to oc
: cupv it. The Marquis thus closes 81 cannot concud
without stating your Exceency, with what tranknes
a aud zeal Admiral Malcolm has seconded u.s. HIS snip
were by the SIDE of ready to fight with us If it ha
been ccssary at Navar dom anl Coron, and IN tn
y Gulf of Lepano. Captain Maitland, OF the wellesley
y wa, one OF the first VINO entered Modon with Volt
n geurs, and ardent desired TO take part IN the ACTON
e Com .ldv
? Iron the Paris Journal des Dcbats, Nov /.
Z. Does the possession Of Varna supply the Rus
% SLAMS with means of carrying Gu winter campaign
IS is question worthy ofhSing the attention. Th
. Russian troops which have passed the Prnth sine
the commencement of the campaign. may be estlma
: ted at 200, 900. In time OF peace the number SIC
pit generally one-naeteenth of the effective force
Id in the Russian army we may suppose this trlpled
is which will reduce the Russian dsposable forces 0
TO the Danube TO 10000 men. The s,eges of Bra
at hilow Varna, Silisria, the battles before Shuma,
ly Little Waachla and the mortality III the hospitals
rs have probably cost the army $4,000 men, which
or added to the 900 sick, leaves the number {
u lighting men l2O, 900. From this number we mu:
u take 1000 at least, for the defence of Wallach
rt against the Pacha Of Wldden, and to observe Gu
ot sevo and Ruchuck. The garrison OF Brahilow wa
to set down at 2,000 and that of Varna at 5000. SUI
II pose 900 left before Sstr, 10000 before Shuu
Ia la, the forces TO march into Thrace, crossing tn
ed Balkan, will be 68,OOO. TO keep in check tn
ne 10000 men OF Hussien Pacha, the 10000 at Sail
m ria, and the garrison of Rntchuck the IS 900 Ru
ng slams have appropriated for this purpose will
be more than enough. Can 60, 000 men destro
the army of Omer Frione and that fthe Grand Y