The Greek Revolution: Its Origin and Progress: Together with Some Remarks on the Religion, National Character, &c. of the Greeks ...Whittaker, 1824 - 362 sider |
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Acarnania Albanians Ali Pacha APPENDIX Argos arms army arrival attack attempt blockade Bukarest Capitan Pacha carried cavalry chiefs Christian citadel Colocotroni command commenced committee conduct confederation Congress Constantinople contest Corinth corps Czerni George defence defiles Divan effect enabled enemy Epidaurus Epirus Europe executive fire fleet followed force fortresses Galaxidi garrison Greece Greek cause GREEK REVOLUTION gulph Hetærists hope Hospodar hundred infidels inhabitants insurrection Ionian Ionian Islands Ipsilanti island Livadia Mahometan Mainotes Malvasia massacre Mavrocordato means ment Messolunghi military Moldavia Morea mountains Mussulmen Napoli Napoli di Romania nation naval object occupied Omer Vrioni Ottoman party passed Patrass patriotism peasants Peloponnesus plain points Porte possession present primates Prince Mavrocordato provinces provisional government render retreat Romania Russia scarcely Scio sent Servians ships soldiers soon Souliotes spirit squadron struggle Sultan Thessaly thousand tion took town Tripolizza troops Turkish Turks vessels Walachia walls whole
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Side 188 - ... escaped was scarcely less calamitous. Though many contrived to get off in open boats, or such other vessels as they could procure, thousands, who were unable to do so, wandered about the mountains, or concealed themselves in caves, without food or clothing, for many days after the massacre had begun to subside on the plains. Among those who had availed themselves of the pretended amnesty, many families took refuge in the houses of the consuls, who were indeed bound by every tie of honour and...
Side 239 - Patrass, but the former being unable to reach the road-stead, owing to a strong southerly wind, bore up and stood for Ithaca, chased by six vessels, on board of which the Greek flag was seen flying. The ships were followed by the eager eyes of the Prince and his brave followers, until night closed in, and they...
Side 186 - Turks : they accordingly went forth, and invited the unfortunate peasantry to give up their arms and return. Notwithstanding their long experience of Turkish perfidy, the solemn pledge given by the consuls at length prevailed, and many thousands, who might have successfully resisted until succours arrived, were sacrificed : for no sooner did they descend from the heights, and give up their arms, than the infidels, totally unmindful of the proffered pardon, put them to death without mercy. The number...
Side 184 - April, when a fleet of fifty sail, including five of the line, anchored in the bay, and immediately began to bombard the town, while several thousand troops were landed under the guns of the citadel, which also opened a heavy fire on the Greeks. It was in vain for the islanders to make any resistance : deserted by the Samians, most of whom embarked, and sailed away, when the Turkish fleet hove in sight, they were easily overpowered, and obliged to fly.
Side 257 - YusufFs camp. A system of guerrilla warfare was now commenced, and the Turks were so harassed, that they soon retreated in the greatest disorder pursued by the Greeks, who killed numbers, and took a large quantity of their baggage. The second division, under Mustapha, waited on the plain of Thebes for the result of YusufPs operations, in order to advance towards the gulph 266 BLOCKADE OF CARYSTUS.
Side 246 - Valtos, and the other districts through which their line of retreat lay ; so, that, of the large force brought into Acarnania only three months before, not more than half the number, escaped ; nor did the fugitives stop, before they reached Arta and Anacori beyond the passes of Macronoros.
Side 290 - I should find myself obliged to declare, notwithstanding my partiality for my own countrymen, that in point of capacity, they are the first people I have had an opportunity of observing. They have generally more acuteness and talent than I can well describe. I do not mean information or wisdom : but only this, that their actions are, to a surprising degree of minuteness, guided by judgment. They do nothing without having reflected on the consequences.
Side 179 - Napoli de Romania, and every precaution adopted to secure its blockade by sea. As to the garrisons of Modon and Coron, they continued to be closely invested by the armed peasantry of the neighbouring villages. The commencement of the second campaign for the emancipation of Greece, was marked by an event, at once the most atrocious and terrific that the historians of the present age will have to record. It is scarcely necessary to name the desolation of Scio, and massacre of its ill-fated inhabitants....
Side 193 - Providence threw the means of escape in her way, and she was conveyed to a neighbouring island. The parents of the child had also fled, but happening to gain a different point of the coast, they departed in another direction, and had given up every hope of seeing their child, when he was thus restored to them. Thousands of the Sciot women, remarkable throughout the Archipelago for their grace and beauty, continued to be exposed for sale both in the island and at Constantinople and Smyrna, for several...
Side 186 - Above forty thousand of both sexes had already either fallen victims to the sword, or been selected for sale in the, Bazaars, when it occurred to the Pacha, that no time should be lost in persuading those who had fled to the more inaccessible parts of the island to lay down their arms and submit. It being impossible to effect this by force, they had reCourse to a favourite expedient with Mussulmen; that of proclaiming an amnesty.