The committee insisted on the withdrawal of the Egyptian troops from Vrysis, where they offered constant danger of a collision.

This request we urged on Schahin, and he asked permission of the governor, who replied by withdrawing the Turkish division which had supported him.
At this juncture the pressure of Ismael had produced a serious fight at Candanos, where the Mussulmans made a sortie and were defeated.
Ismael then called on Schahin for a battalion of his troops to support the garrison of Selinos.

Schahin sent for me to advise him.

My advice was that, as the matter was an affair between the Cretans of the two religions, it was not advisable for him to identify himself with either party, on which he refused the battalion.

But the testiness of the Cretans on the other side developed a collision where none need have occurred.