The Governments of all three powers were under intense pressure from their public opinion to help the Greeks.
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The Governments of all three powers were under intense pressure from their public opinion to help the Greeks.
The naval Battle happens more by accident than by design as a result of a manoeuvre by the Allied Commander in Chief Admiral Codrington aimed at coercing Ibrahim to obey Allied instructions.
especially after the invasion of the Peloponnese in 1825 by Ottoman vassal Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt and the atrocities committed by his forces.
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