THE WAR OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE 1821 TO 1833 BY W.ALISON PHILLIPS 1897

SURRENDER OF NAUPLIA 107
had encouraged the defenders, already reduced to the
last most desperate straits, to persevere; and the appearance
off the harbour of Mehmet's fleet had given
them an instant's hope. This, however, had been
dashed by the cowardice and incapacity of the Ottoman
admiral, who sailed away without attempting
anything; and when, therefore, they
heard the tidings
of Dramali's defeat, the Turkish garrison lost all
hope of succour, and at last, weakened by hunger and
disease, consented to surrender. Already, on the night
of the 12th of December, the castle of Palamidi, which
the Turks were too weak to hold any longer, had been
occupied by the Greeks; and, under these circumstances,
the conditions granted by Kolokotrones to the
garrison were far less favourable than those agreed to
by the treaty of the 30th of June;
but, such as they
were, the presence of an English frigate in the harbour
ensured the terms of the capitulation being observed;
Minor.
and the Turks were removed by sea to Asia
Only Ali Pasha, the governor, who refused
to sign the capitulation, was held a prisoner.
While the Greeks were thus successful on land, the
courage of Kanaris had secured them another victory
at sea. He had succeeded in destroying with a brulot
the flagship of the Turkish vice-admiral, as it lay at
anchor in the midst of the Ottoman fleet between