Lot 06337

Folio, 35x23cm, pp.4. In Constantinople dubious news are distributed, about victories of the Turkish armies in Morea. The news were announced during Muslim sacred festivities and the Europeans there are very worried. According to the article, Morea cannot stand for long and will be reoccupied sooner or later. A part of Greeks can certainly prolong resistance in the mountains. The positions of the Greeks are uncertain, but the Turks always underestimate the Greeks and for this reason they cannot succeed. News arrived from Patras that on the 18^th of August Yusuf Pasha had some success. Several Turkish troops are headed to the peninsula but they progress slowly, as the support troops cannot easily pass through. Turkish fleet operate actually around Patras and in the gulf of Korinth. The army hold the passes on Thermopilai and of Isthmos. Greeks are completely indiscipline. Several cases.