Lot 06350

 Folio 35x23cm, pp.4. Turkish Bairam is finished, several administrative changes in Ottoman provinces, including Greece (described). The Turkish fleet moves between Chios and Mytilini. They united with the North African ships which will transport the 10.000 troops gathered in Tsesme. A landing is probably planned. The Turkish fleet has 15 frigates, 15 corvettes, 20 bricks and several smaller ships (detailed presentation). The French fleet of the Levant, under M. de Rigny (the future head of the French fleet in Navarino) monitored the Ottomans and provided these precise numbers of their forces. Several information about situation in Syria. The British government has given strict orders to their fleet and their commercial ships to be neutral. The British ships must and will respect the eventual naval blocus of ports of both sites. This is a major development . The supporters of the Greeks look at this new British rule as the first sign of recognition by the British government, of Greece and the Greek state. Several other news

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