Вицеадмирал Кодрингтон и Битка код Наварина 1827. године
Vice Admiral Codrington and the Battle of Navarino in 1827

Summary/Abstract: This article presents two letters of British Vice Admiral Edward Codrington related to the Battle of Navarino. The first one is the report to the ambassador of Great Britain in Constantinople Stratford Canning and the second one are Codrington’s instructions to his subordinates one day before the battle. The Battle of Navarino was fought in the Bay of Navarino in southwestern Peloponnese on 20 October 1827. The coalition of Great Britain, France and Russia initiated an action to prevent atrocities against the Greeks committed by the army of Ibrahim pasha, the son of Egypt pasha Mehmet Ali who was the vassal of sultan Mahmud II. Vice Admiral’s letters present to us the essence of military service of the time, as well as crucial moments in the event that shaped the picture of the Balkans in the period that followed.

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