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Reports from Paris detail Ottoman military successes: Turkish army routs Russian forces under General Michelson; Captain Pacha's fleet scatters Russian squadron off Tenedos. These offset Alexandria's loss to English General Fraser and highlight Thessalonica's resistance to British demands, forcing their retreat.
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PARIS, MAY 23.
Authentic letters announce that a French officer dispatched by the ambassador Sebastiani, and repairing to his majesty the emperor Napoleon, communicated, upon passing through Vienna, to his ex-general Andreossi, our ambassador at the court of Austria, the important news that the army of the Russian general Michelson had been attacked by the Turkish army and completely routed. Intelligence was received by the same channel, that the captain Pacha, who had passed the Dardanelles with 16 ships of the line, put to flight the Russian squadron stationed off Tenedos. These two events are neither less glorious for the Ottoman arms, nor less important for the fate of the Porte, than the expulsion of the English fleet from before Constantinople, and amply make up for the loss of Alexandria, so shamefully surrendered to the English general Fraser. The town of Thessalonica did not follow the example of Alexandria: upon the English presenting themselves before that place and summoning it to surrender and send away the French consul, the Pacha answered them with cannon balls, and immediately took such measures as made them judge proper to seek their safety in flight.
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Ottoman Empire
Event Date
May 23
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russian army completely routed; russian squadron put to flight; english fleet expelled from constantinople; alexandria surrendered to english; english forced to flee thessalonica
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A French officer informed Ambassador Andreossi in Vienna that the Turkish army attacked and routed Russian General Michelson's army. Captain Pacha's 16 ships passed Dardanelles and scattered Russian squadron off Tenedos. These successes compensate for Alexandria's loss and parallel English fleet expulsion from Constantinople. Thessalonica's Pacha repelled English summons with cannon fire, prompting their flight.