The Greeks And The Turks.
The Times, 1824-09-03T00:00:00

F - - - r---b-zzer (Froin thic Auzstrian; Observer.1 For some days past a report has been spread, that an, Hydriot rquadron had retaklen the Island of Ipsara, overpowered the Turkish force of several thouisand rnen, and destroyed or carried away several of the CaPitan Pacha's ships. Letters from Smyrna confirm this report. The Government, which affirms that it has no krowledge of sch an event, thinks itself entitled to look on the whole as a fable. We are of opiaion, however, that the report, set:ing amide the ex- aggerations, wats well founded, though the numerous accounts from Smrnvm are at variance in so many other points, that it as im- possibte to form a decided opiDnor on any fact. 'I'he following scenes to be nearest the troth:- Some of the Tpsariot ships, which bad escaped by fliaht the ca- tastrophe of the 3d of .July, did their utmost, when they reached Hydra, to obtain assistance, fromz which they might expect some advantage; because, when they left Ipsara, twc, of the strongest forts were not yet taken. rhe Hydriots, in fact, put to sea wvith all expedition, with 30 armed vessels, land ed at Samos, took on board Albhnian an(l other troops, appeared oa the Ifith before Ipsara, whl the fate of the unfortu- nate island had been long decided. T,Capitan Pacha had left behind or.ly 6 or 700 men, (according to baw iWI account only 308,) some boats for removing the booty, atid a couple of gun-boats. The _,yydriots having destroyed these, and cut the Turks to pieces, im. deiately retired. A Turkish frigate which met thlis squa- dron. hsd an action with it, but fought its way tilrough, and reached ilitylene ':YIinti!red. Thlis *s the report given by more credible letters, the auz,;ors of which, however, will not be answerable for their cofrrct4ness, as all depcnds on unautheiticated statements. The ns-rative confirms the blowing up of the for' of St. Nicolo by the gardison, andl the dreadfil destruction caused by it. The Smyrnmiz pubbishes the following offiCial Grcek reports - " Ormer Pacha continues to besiege his nephew in Berat. From the following facts. which have crie to our knowledge, Omer seems to he in disgrace with the Subl!rne Porte. tobOn the .kb9 of June an officer Of tllu Sublime Porte, accompa- riedb b 10 Janissaries Sep out from Constantinople for Prevesa, bith orders to comuman, the uLchin of Prevesa to deliver up to him, for the Iovernment, thefortresses of Prevesa, Vonitza2 Arts, Paigra, Bucdntro, and Saii. Thel atter, far from receiving his mas- ter's E,nvsoy, ordered the gates to be shut against him. The officer retired to r a' arma, a Greek village. He left it the following day, and experiedttd a similar reception at Jannina, in consequence of orders that had been received fromrt Omer Pacha. ' There are only 260 Turks in the fortress of ,ttt; 400 Chtis- ?1ian live in the town. "Thq The,POk of Sestari csast bring his troops to act becaule they iBsist on receiving the arrears of their pay, and a quarter in ad. i vance. " The Greeks having learned lhat Jussuf Pacha lmd eollected 8,000 mnen, and that he intended to send 3,000 to Zeitoni, and 1,500 Pa4traziki, lnmmediately proceeded to these two points to take pos- .."of the defiles. teBsstO_ .cald, a Greek General, who had been accused by Prince " Cat, ' to, the Government of having had a correspondence Masvrocodat, biad been faund gui. tv of this crime by a court-mar- with th eniemi y, hajd spared his life on his pretended manifesta- tia, and hisjudges , aon as he was setat liberty hejoinedaband tions of rpc'petance. A. , f tro h bn- fteApo of 600 or 700 men, mnade 1,.,vse.f maste ftebni fteApo petamo, raised arn insurrectix&' 1n four or five villagesl, and proceeded. towards the defiles of Tricala "I order to join the Turkish com- mandler, and byr this means r~isc an ~.'isurrection in Western Greece. As soon as this event was known, General Stournari and Colonel Liaki ta ,iet out in pursuit of him. Beinig ov'ertaken,. and defeated, first near the village of Nlinobo. then in t?g he ifrrons of Ktlseca, Cataiscaki took the road to Agrafa ; but being met by Genera- Batr- go, he wa t completcly beaten, and lst 160 men. killed, wounded, and prisoners. After this last check, dlespairing of success in his project, he threw himself into the monastery of St. Anastasius, near Karpenisi, wherp lie is besieged by the two Generals, who hoVe soon to be masters of that post. In consequence ot this little aftair, we havc taken 30,000 sheep, a great many oxen, goats, and males. " )n the surrenderof St. Anastasius, thle 5,500 men who besieged it will join General Teionea, who Is near Arta, with 1,000 men, to act together against that f.rtress. " The Greeks harass the Turks In Thessaly ; parties scouring the countrv in all dtirections kill the enemy and cause the towns to revolt. A Captain lying in ambush near SI alacasi suddenly fell on a corps of Turkkh troops that escorted the Imperial treasure, dis- persed them, killed fortv men, and got possession of the chest of treasure, containing 700,000 piasters. Another Captain fell with im- petuosit on an enev's corns, with cattle for the supply of the fortresses, dispersed them, and took 15,000 sheep.-Frankfort paper. The French Jilr-nrl dI: Fracforf, published here, stating the news given by the Allgtrneine Zeotng ef the reconquest of Ipsara by the Greeks, the destrUCtiofl of the Turks, &c., observes, " Ac- corlirg to thesc accounts the reconquest of Ipxara took place the Ot or lltl of July. It would be very astonishing that an event of this isportance sh,ould iot have been known on the 17th at Smyrna, which is (listant only one day's sail from Ips2ra. After the con- quest of the island, the Greeks, in order to diminish the efFect it m ust necessarily prodolce, have encleavouted to circulate all kinds of reports."-(Trhe joutrnal then quotes the subsequent statements, in letters inserted in the Allgemeine Zei5urug.)-Fra?lkfort paper, August 216. THE CRREKRS AND TlEr TwmRR.C CC()\'rTANTINOPLUL,. JyTmv 9.S.