Allgemeine Zeitung 28th of April 1822 Letters from Serres and Thessaloniki reveal the Greeks' fear for the future of these two cities. The Metropolitan of Ioannina has been imprisoned in Thessaloniki, along with many other Greeks. Greek ships laden with arms are positioned in the Thermaic Gulf. Numerous vessels of the Egyptian fleet are returning to Alexandria from the Morea in a state of ruin.