LA GAZETTE 13/11/1694, large 8vo, 23x17cm, 8p. complete, Paris 1694. Very good condition. Austrian operations continued in Serbia and Transylvania. Two pages of detailed news. Detailed news from the Levant and the new triumphal Venetian conquest. The Venetian army arrived in 12 of September in front of Chios and immediately attacked the island. General Steinau rooted some Ottoman troops who tried to oppose him and after he had conquered the castle which is near the sea and was defended by 200 men and 17 canons. The Turkish garrison had left the place unarmed and transferred to Anatolia. The Venetian army conquered also the port and all installations, including several ships. 500 Turks had been taken prisoners while the Venetian artillery started to fire against the main castle. Several inhabitants of the island warmly welcomed the Venetian army. The two bishops, (Latin & Greek) welcomed Zeno. The Turkish fleet left a garrison of 2.000 men in Tenedos and found refuge in the Dardanelles. General Molino conquered a castle near Nafpaktos, where Liberakis (a Greek chieftain that had been used by the Ottomans against the Venetians), had found refuge. Several other news about the Venetian conquest of Chios.