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Independent Newspaper of Greece, no. 14, pp. 1-2 (12 November 1827)
General Memorandum of Edward Codrington as Commander-in-Chief of the allied fleet in the naval battle of Navarino (12 October 1827, port of Neokastro)
Library of the Hellenic Parliament
CODRINGTON addressed the combined squadrons of the allied fleets, before departing «from the scene, where they won a perfect victory», namely from the bay of Navarino, to communicate to the officers, the sailors and the «marine soldiers, the high esteem, in which he held the bravery and
perseverance» they showed in the naval battle of the 8th October. Indeed, he comments that he is convinced that no fleet even of the same state has ever existed such a perfect unanimity and joint ac- tion, as that the allied fleet displayed in this «bloody and utterly damaging battle».
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Evariste Boulay-Paty
La bataille de Navarin (The Battle of Navarino)
Paris: Ladvocat and Delaunay, 1828 Library of the Hellenic Parliament
THE FRENCH ROMANTIC POET Éva- riste Boulay-Paty (1804-1864) in the second edition of the ode La bataille de Navarin cites as frontispiece verses of Andreas Kalvos, translated in French: «O ma lyre, inspire-moi des accens nobles et sévères,
en célébrant une œuvre memorable». Moved by the Greek cause, he exclaims: «O Grecs, pour nous chant- er ressuscitez Pindare! Ou que Kalvos encore anime sa Cythare!» (Oh! Greeks, to sing for us, bring back to life Pindar! Or let Kalvos enliven in our time his lyre»).