Public pressure and great-power rivalry led to intervention at Navarino

After six years of warfare, the Greek revolt was close to defeat as Ottoman and Egyptian forces recovered strongholds and devastated the Peloponnese. Lord Byron's death strengthened sympathy abroad, while reports that Ibrahim intended to depopulate the region and resettle it with Egyptians increased pressure for intervention. Britain, France, and Russia still had competing interests, including British concern about unilateral Russian action. The Treaty of London sought an armistice and a Greek settlement under nominal Ottoman sovereignty. The Ottoman government rejected concessions while it appeared to be winning. Richard Church and Thomas Cochrane continued fighting on the Greek side, giving the Ottomans grounds to argue that negotiations could not proceed while hostilities continued.