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

42 THE WAR OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE
Seko. Georgaki, determined not to fall alive into the
hands of the Turks, held the campanile of the church
until it was no longer tenable, then fired his pistol into
the store of powder, and perished in the explosion.
Pharmaki defended the main buildings of the monastery
for a fortnight longer, and at last, deceived by
the promises of the Turks, surrendered on condition of
amnesty and the honours of war. Thirty-three
of his
men, distrusting their enemies, escaped the night before
the capitulation was carried out.
The rest, about
twenty in number, were shot in cold blood. Pharmaki
himself was taken to Constantinople, tortured, and beheaded.
In Moldavia, meanwhile, the insurrection had been
suppressed without difficulty. As soon as it was certain
that no Russian aid was to be expected, the boyards
deposed Michael Soutzos, who fled to Russia. 1 A
Greek named Pentedekas, however, collected some
troops, and, in defiance of the boyards, seized the
Government. His rule was not of long duration.
Prince George Cantacuzenos, his lieutenant,
had stationed
himself with the Greek troops near the Russian
frontier;
and when the Turks entered Yassy, on the
25th of June, he crossed the Pruth.
i He went, later on, to Paris,
His officers and
where he acted as Greek
Minister during the presidency of Count Capodistrias.