The Cretan Insurrection of 1866-7-8Stillman, William James
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The Cretan Insurrection of 1866-7-8
Stillman, William James
Crete (Greece) -- History -- Insurrection, 1866-1868
_Lakus_, movement against, 72, 73, 157;
reoccupied by Cretans, 83;
abandoned, 89:
situation, 157;
church-bell strife, 158
_Lasithe_, 125;
attacked, 128
_Lasithe Effendi_ mountain, 129
_Lasithri_ district, 83
Levantine, a person of foreign ancestry, born and bred in Turkey, 44
_Loutro_, a port of Sphakia, 94
Lyons, Lord, 56, 97, 113
McDonald, Capt., 61
Mainote irregulars, 95, 99
_Malavisi_, 127
_Malaxa_, block-house attacked, 72
Manosouyanaki, a Cretan captain, 73
_Margaritas_, 126
_Mathea_, 129
Mavrocordato appointed president by the Cretans, 123
Mehemet Ali, awarded Crete by the allies, 32;
oppression, 33
Mehmet Ali, "the Prussian," 174
Mehmet Pasha guards Krapi, 88;
out-flanks Theriso, 89;
attack on Krapi, 123;
shut up at Kares, 132;
driven back to Vryses, 133
_Melambos_, 135
Melidoni, Antoni, a Cretan captain, 29;
assassinated, 30
_Meskla_, 159
_Messara_, 106, 129, 130
Mikhali, Hadji, of Lakus, 81;
reoccupies Lakus and Theriso, 83;
successes near Canéa, 83;
fights Ali Riza Pasha, 105;
character, 106, 163, 168
Morris, Hon. E. Joy, U. S. Minister at Constantinople, 97, 101, 119
Moustier, Marquis de, plan to transfer Crete to Viceroy of Egypt, 53
_Murnies_, 25;
Assembly at, in 1833, 33;
executions at, 34
Murray, commander of "Wizard," 62, 91;
letter to Minister Erskine, 107;
visit to Omar, 137
Music of the Cretans, 19
Mustapha Pasha (Kiritli), the "Albanian butcher," 33, 34;
made Imperial Commissioner, 58;
arrival, 67;
summons insurgents to submit, 68;
relieves Candanos, 69;
retreat harassed, 70;
return to Canéa, 71;
moves against Lakus, Theriso, and Keramia, relieves Malaxa, 72;
attacks Zurba, occupies Theriso, 73;
march on Krapi, opposed at Stylos, takes Campos, 78;
carries Vafé, 81;
tarries at Prosnero, takes Arkadi, 82-87;
return to Canéa, prepares for Theriso campaign, 88;
moves through the passes of Kissamos, 89;
ravages the valleys of Selinos, 90;
permits Dickson to ship off Cretan families, 92;
embarks at Suia, repulsed at St. Rumséli and Tripiti, returns to
Selinos, 95;
removes to Askyfó, 102;
losses at Krapi, 104;
orders an attack on Omalos, 105;
slights Capt. Strong, 117;
replaced by Hussein Avni, 118
_Mylopotamo_, 125, 127
_Navarino_, result of battle on Cretan insurrection, 31
_Nerokouro_, seat of the Assembly of 1858, 35
Nicolaïdes, an Hellenic chief, 133
Nikephoras Phocas drives the Saracens from Crete, 20
_Omalos_, annual fair at, April, 1865, 38; turned into an Assembly, 41;
situation, 74, 89, 90, 105, 165;
concentration of insurgents and volunteers at, 89;
attacked by Ali Riza Pasha, 105;
expedition against, 135
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