Dartmouth and six small vessels watched the Ottoman corvettes and fire ships on the left of the crescent. Captain Fellowes sent a boat to tell a crew to stop preparing a fire ship; the Ottomans fired, lit the vessel, and then shot at a cutter attempting to tow it clear. Dartmouth answered to protect its men, Sirène joined, and an Ottoman corvette's cannon fire converted the local clash into general battle.
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The fire-ship clash that started Navarino
Firing began when an Ottoman crew attacked boats sent from Dartmouth to stop a fire ship, drawing in musketry, Sirène, and then the guns of nearby warships.