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The Friend of Law, sheet 51
(8 September 1824)
Reference to the rage of the Sultan about the naval victories of the Greeks in the area of Samos and Chios Library of the Hellenic Parliament
THE NEWSPAPER Ο Φίλος του Νόμου/ The Friend of Law publishes an extract from an official letter (Syra, 6 September 1824), according to which a ship from Constantinople brought the news about
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the «unspeakable gloom» that fell over the Turks after the naval victories of the Greeks in the East Aegean. Moreover, in the same letter it is stated that the Sul- tan ordered the decapitation of Capetan-pasha.
Document of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the President of the Executive about the offering of aid to the Chian refugees (Corinth, 20 April 1822)
Archives of the Greek Regeneration, vol. 13, no 5 [pp. 5-6] Library of the Hellenic Parliament
THE DESTRUCTION OF CHIOS on 30 March 1822, in retaliation for the declaration of the Revolution on the island of Samos by Lykourgos Logothetis, caused a sensation in the European pub- lic opinion, reinforcing the philhellenic movement.
In the present document, the Minister of Internal Affairs proposes to take measures to support the
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Chian refugees: «The horrible occurrence of Chios forced a countless number of its inhabitants to wan- der in the streets of Greece, in order to escape from the tyrannical cruelty». It is pointed out that «Hellas as a true mother» has the duty to receive them in her arms and the Administration «as a beneficial fa- ther» to provide for their needs.
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Athens Newspaper, sheet 3, pp. 1-2 (10 September 1824)
Report of Andreas Miaoulis about the victorious naval battle of Gerontas (30 August 1824) Library of the Hellenic Parliament
ADMIRAL ANDREAS MIAOULIS, in a report of his that is published in the Εφημερίδα Αθηνών/Newspaper of Athens (issue of the 30th August), describes the naval battle of Gerontas, which took place on the previous day (29 August) opposite the island of Leipsoi and Leros in the Do- decanese. Characterizing the numerically superior Turkish-Egyptian fleet, under the pashas Hosref and Ibrahim, as much inferior «as to the naval art», he
refers to the incessant desire of the Greeks for a wind to blow favourable for the fire-ships, in order to attack the enemy. The opportunity arose around noon, when under fair wind the Greek ships slipped between the enemy lines, engaging them not in a well-ordered naval battle, but in an anarchic conflict, which was advantageous above all for the fire-ships. The victory of the Greeks in this unequal battle at- tracted the admiration of the Europeans.