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Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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was at hand for the heroic and de-spairing fighters. Europe at last was roused to action. Many noble men hadespoused the Greek cause, both with sword and pen. Lord Byron, the poet,after writing magnificent poems which made all men sympathize with Greece,himself joined the fighters and died of fev^er, the most famous victim in thegreat cause. His death helped more perhaps than his life could have done. Europeansentiment was stirred to the quick; and the heroic defence of Missolonghi, thegallant deeds of Botzarris, Canares, and others—all these aided. The publiccompelled their governments to take action, and slowly and lumberingly enoughthe governments obeyed. They talked to the Sultan of yielding Greece somesuch semi-independence as Egypt enjoyed. The Sultan obstinately refused,and the hesitant governments came to a diplomatic standstill. Accident brought to the Greeks all that diplomacy refused. A number ofwarships of the three great allied nations, France, Russia, and England, had
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GREEK TROOPS CAPTURING MOUNT ST. ELIAS Greece—Battle of Navarino 281 gathered outside the harbor of Navarino, in the southwest of the Peloponnesus.The Turkish and Egyptian fleet lay within the harbor. The English admiralin command of the allies decided that it would be wiser to have his ships insidealso, so they sailed in. The Turks thought the allies were coming to attackthem, or perhaps, with characteristic stupidity, they did not think at all, andwere spoiling for a fight; they had twice as many cannon and four times asmany vessels as the allies. At any rate, they fired on the .ipproaching ships.The allies promptly returned the fire, and a wholly unintended naval battle fol-lowed in which the Turkish fleet was annihilated (1827). Even then the Sultan refused to yield. The French landed troops andbegan driving the Turks from the Peloponnesus. Mehemet Ali, with moresense than his master, saw that the game was up; he entered into negotiations;his helpless army was transported back t

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