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294 BEHOLDING LIBERTY!
ΙΙ.7.B.5
Agreement of the Turks of Corinth with the plenipotentiaries of the Greek Administration in relation to the conditions of their surrender (Corinth, 26 October 1823)
Archives of the Greek Regeneration, vol. 17, no 158 [p. 92] Library of the Hellenic Parliament
THE TURKS of the castle of Corinth, exhaust- ed by famine, were forced to surrender to the pleni- potentiaries of the Greek Administration, under the terms that their life and honour would be protected
and that, after they hand over all their weapons and assets and exchange of hostages has taken place, they will be transported aboard a ship to Thessa- loniki, with the expenses covered by the Greek side.
ΙΙ.7.B.6
Report of the Minister of War to the Executive about the siege of the Acropolis of Athens (Corinth, 12 March 1822)
Archives of the Greek Regeneration, vol. 1, no 372 [pp. 372-373] Library of the Hellenic Parliament
THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS was a target of the revolted Greeks already in the early days of the revolution. After the unsuccessful siege by a corps of about 3.000 men, under Meletios Ba- sileiou, who were dispersed upon the descent of Omer Vryonis’ strong Turkish forces, the siege began again in a more organised manner, with the decisive contribution of Philhellenes, enhanced by artillery,
under the command of the French Olivier Voutier. In the summer of 1822, the Ottoman guard handed the fortress. There followed in 1826 the months- long siege this time of the Greek guard by the Turk- ish forces of Resit Mehmet pasha Kioutachis. After the defeat at Analatos, the guard surrendered to the Turks in June 1827, who retained their dominance in Attica until the end of the Revolution.