 These forces were clearly inadequate to confront an Ottoman army of 200,000 men, as the various reports received by the Venetian commanders claimed.As a result, in March 1715 the Venetians decided to concentrate their defence on the main fortresses—Nauplia, the Acrocorinth, the Castle of the Morea, and Monemvasia.The Venetian commanders hoped to be able to hold Navarino and Coron as well, but already in April, Dolfin judged that these would have to be abandoned as well.