text:  The garrison which had at first numbered about 12 000 under the command of the Marchese di Villa a Piedmontese officer of approved skill and courage received at the end of June a reinforcement of 1000 veteran troops brought by the Venetian Captain-General Morosini who arrived with the fleet at the Isle of Standia off the entrance of the port; and a concourse of volunteers from all parts of Europe hastened to share in the defence of this last bulwark of Christendom in the Grecian seas; while the Maltese Papal and Neapolitan galleys cruised in the offing to intercept the supplies brought by sea to the Ottoman camp