Frank Abney Hastings The struggle for Greek independence has just given steam the possibility of demonstrating its value at war. It has been thirteen years that the Filiki Eteria, a society of Greek patriots, was founded in the hope of liberating Greece from the Ottoman rule, with this bold motto : Eleftheria i Thanatos Freedom or Death It has been six years that the uprising begun. It succeeded in freeing the inland and Athens within three years. At that time,