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

HYPSILANTI IN ATTICA 307
piratical activity which at the beginning
year Capodistrias had himself aided in suppressing.
of the
Among others, eight Austrian vessels were brought in
and condemned by the prize court at JEgina ; but, on
the vigorous intervention of the Austrian Captain
Dandolo, the booty had to be disgorged.
On land meanwhile operations had, during the
summer, been at a standstill. As long as Ibrahim
remained in the Morea, any action beyond the Isthmus
was impossible ;
and Hypsilanti had remained in camp
at Megara. He was, however, only waiting
till the
withdrawal of the Egyptian troops became a certainty;
and in October accordingly, when the news of Ibrahim's
embarkation reached him, he broke up his camp
and advanced into Attica. The country had been denuded
of troops by the Russian war, and the advance
of the Greeks was rapid and victorious.
immediately overrun ;
Attica was
and, after two successes gained
at Stevenikos and Martini, Boeotia with its capital
Levadia, and Salona fell into their hands. The possession
of East Hellas seemed now assured to the
Greeks, and the season being far advanced, Hypsilanti
concentrated his forces round Thebes.
In "Western Hellas also military operations had,
for the greater part of the year, been practically at
a standstill. Shortly after the battle of Navarino,