Taking Of Ipsara By The T...
The Times, 1824-08-11T00:00:00

vaura, wUia lac=i vy sne neet O0 tne Usatain i'acha on the ld instant, at six o'dock a. m. The fleet appeared before the island on Friday, and the Captain Pacta sent in two flags of truce before he commenced the attack, promisihg a free anda fll pardon to -the, island Lf they would lay down their arms. The first was sent back,. with a message that sooner than submit, every mrran was determined to die. The second fared worse, and was sent back with his beard half shaven off, and with a message that they were waiting hisattack with anxiety. The attack conunenced at (bur o'dock a. m. . on Sa.. turdav morning, on the west of the island, when about 14,0N0 mer. were landed, whilst a feigned attack was making on the batteries in the port on the other side of the island. The fliglht became general aboxIt six o'clock, and the Captain Pacha, seeing himself completely master of the island, and willing to stop a further effusion of blood, issued a proclamation, promisiag 500 dollars for every Greek pri- soner brought to the camp ra'.3ve. A good manv vessels in the port are said to have escaped. llms is the first attac'ked, and one of the isl3nls said to he amongst ttue most formidable, fallen nearly without a struggle, I fully calculate that this is the forcrunner of other suc- cesses On the part of the Turks." EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROMf S3MYRNA, DATED JULY b. * WTe have later and more detailed accounts from IpEara. It ap- pears that all the fire-ships, and about 10 or 12 armed Greek vessels, were burnt by the Turks, and that 18 or 20 of the latter struck their colours, and had the Turkish. colours flving wh'en the last ac- counts caine away. About 10 or 12 of the b6st Greek vessels, with the richer Greeks on board, and their families, and it is said the public treasure, scaced at the commencemenit of the attack., without nghting a all, tellin5 their betrayedcountrymen that they weregoing to attack the Turks in another quarter of ihe island to c;-use a di- version. The Fort of St. Nicolo, with a handful men in it, was blown ttp by the Turks on Sunday niorning. The Turkish fleet will go next to Samos, wlhich will most likely be attacked in a few days. ' P.S. The island of Sanios has sent in its submission ; and ex- presses have been sent into Constantinople, and to the Captain Pacha's fleet, to announce thEc event. A tarar passed through here this morning bearing the express." EXTRACT OF A LETTEr DATED TRIESTE, JtLY 27. "The island of Ipsara,a little north-westof Scio,has been attacked by tie Turks: this wats a small place, but the inhabitants were con- sidered able mariners, and brave determined men, whom the AMus- selmen resolved to extirpate. After a desnerate resistance, w!.ich is stated to have cost the Turks 15.000 men, the place being strong, they succeeded in gaining posqession of i. The surviving Ipsaromts resolving not to let. their wives and d.ughtcrs fz.:l into the l)Lwer o, their foe, mindful of the fate of Scio, assembled the remaining popu- lation in the fort, and bler themselves up, involving multitudes of their conquerors in their destruction. a tie islanders, about S 000 or 10,000 persons, were thus all destroyed by the sword. or their own act in this tragedy." (From the Etolle dated AlJonday, Aug. 9.) PAkIS, AuG. 8. It was to be presumed that if the melancholv news of the taking of lpsara by the Turks was authentic, the Ausirian Obseri'er would soon confirrn it. In tact, we find the following account in the number of the 29th of uly " CONSTANTINOPLE, JuLY 15. "An officer of the Captain Pacha. who arrived yesterday in this capital, brought the agreeable news, that of the taking of the im- Dortant iWland of Ipsara, by that Admiral. " It is already known, that the number of brass guns, mortars, &c. which lie has taken, is nearly 200, and that of the vessels of all descriptions, large and small. to above 100. There are 28 which are so completely equipped and arumed that they will immediately ac- company the Turki!sh fleet in its cruise. Three large corvettes were on thestocks. " Before the attack the Captain Pacha had proposed to the Ipsa- rio!s an entire amnesty, on the aolc conditiotl of their giving uti some chiefs of the insurrection, anti paying the capitation tax, at the end of thc year, on the ancient footing. "After the taking of Ipsara the Captain Pachia proceededi against Samos." 'rhe Augaburg Gazefle of the 3d of August contains a letter from Odessa of the 2Oth of July. which couitains the same news. It is observed in this letter,that the ipsariots could not accept the asmnesty, knowing that in the language of the 'l'urks amnesty andl massacre are synonymous tertns. The example ot Scio proved tihis. TAKING OF IPSAR4 BY THR TURKS. EXTUACT OF A LETTER FROM SMYRWA. nArrfln 1rTT!V 5.