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A58461 A relation of the taking of Prevesa by the army of the Republique of Venice 1684 (1684) Wing R877; ESTC R4099 5,275 5

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Turks from coming near the Shoar In effect the Infidels bel●eving the Christians would put their Troops ashoar on this place Fired their whole Cannon and Musquets with much Confusion and little Damage to the Christians The Troops being thus landed without any Loss began to advance nigh the place under the Command of General Strasoldo The Turks that were commanded to hinder their Landing having perceived the Fault they had committed detached 500. Spahies who came full speed to Charge the Christians before they had finished their Landing but being already in Order of Battel and vigorously Firing upon the Turks they killed and wounded a considerable number the others without any further Dispute betook themselves to Flight and retir'd in so great Disorder that the most part of them could not enter the Town the Christians immediarely advanced without any further hindrance seized upon the Town and posted themselves upon the Hill of Mahomet Effendi which commanded the City within Musquet shot The 21. the Generalissimo having made the Gallies and Galliots approach near Prevesa sent to summon the Turks to deliver up the Place threatning them to give no Quarter if they attended the last extremity Saba Rassa Governour that was parted to put himself at the head of 4000. Men to observe the motions of the Christians was not yet got in but the besieged hoped his Return in three or four days and that he would bring Troops enough to raise the Siege So the Officer that commanded in his absence would not receive the General 's Letter and order'd to shoot him that brought it mean time Signiour Morosini caused two Cannons and two Mortar pieces to be landed The 22. he landed as many more Cannon and Mortar pieces and accompanied with the Nobless of his Galley visited the Posts order'd the Attacques and plac'd the Cannons and the Mortars upon the Batteries The 23. was more than 300. Bombs thrown which beat down many Houses and set fire to several Quarters and dismounted several Pieces of the Enemies Cannon the Artilery of the place was in a very ill condition and did no effect the Besiegers fired with so much success against their Batteries that there was left but one piece of Cannon that was in a condition to serve them That day there was but one Souldier kill'd and five wounded The 24. Seigniour Morosini visited the Works and the Batteries and gave order for the making a Descent into the Ditch where he immediately made a Lodgment The 25. Twenty Turks that night got out of the Town by several Florentines which they found asleep they killed one took another Prisoner and wounded a third The 26. the Breach was considerable and the Enemies made very little fire with their Musquets The 27. the Works advanced with so much Success that on the morrow the 28. they made a Lodgment in the Ditch The Sieur Bachili who commanded a Party of the Troops of Malta was killed with a Musquet Shot the same day the Mine was thought fit to be ready to play and Orders were given to go to the Assault in case the Turks should obstinately endeavour the Defence of the Place The 29 the Feast of St. Michael they put out the White Flag and demanded to capitulate sending six of theirs to propose Articles and the Governour sent Hostages five Gentlemen The Turks demanded that He would agree with them on the same Capitulations as he had done with those of St. Maure but he declared he would make no Conditions with them otherwise than that Thirty of the most considerable of them should go out of the Town with Arms and Baggage and the rest should go without Arms and that they should carry nothing but what they ought and that all the Christian Slaves should be set at Liberty The Turks were obliged to submit to these Conditions The 30. they departed out to the number of 200. Men by the Sea-Gate and were thence conveyed by certain Greek Barks within four Miles of Arta. The Generalissimo Morosini caused 20. Malteses 30. Venetians 6. Souldiers of the Troops of the Pope and 10. of the Florentines to enter the Town who had order put guards to the two Ports and the several Avenues to hinder the Pillage and for the Conservation of the Magazin He ordered also at the same time the Standard of St. Mark to be put up and those of the Turk to be taken down which were carried to the General 's Galley There was found more than 46. Pieces of Cannon in the place eighteen of which were Brass and at 50. pound Ball a quantity of Musquets 500. Quintals of Powder Bullets and all sort of Ptovision in abundance and about 1200. Inhabitants in the Place The Republick by this Conquest remains in Possession of the Golph and all the Places on that Coast And the Turks in loosing that Fortress have lost one 100000. Crowns a year which they drew from the Fishing on the Coast The Sieur Grimano Patriarch d' Aquilie and heretofore General of the Pope's Gallies having some time since in vain attacqued it without any Success During this Progress of the Venetian Army under the Conduct of the General the Sieur Alassandro Molino Captain extraordinary of the Ships hearing that the Captain Bassa after having several times avoided the Rencounter of the Venetian Army was retired in the Port of Chio resolved to go there to fight him He sailed that way with six Ships and was no sooner in the mouth of the Chanel but he discovered a Galley which the Turks had left to observe the Motion of the Venetians This Galley after having given several Shot which served as a Sign to the Bassa retired with all possible speed and at the same time the other Gallies that were at the mouth of the Chanal entred in the Port of Chio the Venetians following them and the 20. they anchor'd at the Mouth of the Port Having in the sight of the Enemies Army taken a Saick loaded with Wood from Constantinople the Wind proving contrary that day hindred the Ships from coming nearer the Land The 21. the Sieur Molino having put his Ships in form of a Half Moon and posting himself in the Head of them advanced under the Cannon of the Castle from whence they fired several upon him but that did not hinder him at all from giving a whole Broad-side upon the Castle and the other Vessels doing the like The Turks answered with the Cannon from the Castle and likewise from a little Fort newly built by the Sea side since the Damage received from the French Squadron under the Command of Monsieur du Quesne The Turkish Gallies to the number of 16. together with three Ships stirred not in the Action waiting only a fair opportunity of Retiring without Fighting The Venetian Ships remained at the Entry of the Port in the same Posts they had taken and to shut up the Passage The 21. and 22. at night the Sieur Molino detached the Captain Bassagnani with a Ship to recover the Port which he found would be very difficult to assault because of the new Fortifications the Turks had made He was therefore resolved to cast up several Batteries of Bombs ashoar to incommode the Enemies and to oblige them to abandon the Port. The Sieur Delkino Captain Ordinary advanced with the Jupiter thundring with two other Ships firing his Cannon upon the new Fort the whole day but without doing much Damage 't was found impossible to land the Cannon and therefore contented themselves to advance four great Barks with Mortars to throw the Bombs against the Gallies In the mean time the Sieur Molino giving Orders to make ready the Batteries perceived towards the beginning of the Night eight Gallies drawing out of the Port and with all speed making towards the Coast of Rhodes the Venetians immediately weighed Anchor to follow them vigorously firing upon them but the Wind falling they could not follow them further mean while the other Gallies got out of the Port making a favourable use of the calm to follow the others 'T is reported that afterwards that 3. of those Gallies were sunk by the Shot they had received that the others were in a very ill condition and that the Town and Castle of Chio were very considerably damaged LONDON Printed for Randolph Taylor 1684.