Janus of Cyprus for help from the forces in Europe: the Genoese were his enemies, and the Venetians and others did not want to destroy commercial relations with the sultan. Following the Battle of Chirokitia (7 July 1426) against the Mamluks, King Janus was captured by the Egyptian forces. He was ransomed after ten months of captivity in Cairo. During his captivity his brother Hugh of Lusignan, Archbishop of Nicosia, took charge of Cyprus. After their victory the Mamluks pillaged Larnaca again and then the capital of Cyprus, Nicosia. The royal family retreated to fortified Kyrenia and were rescued. The invaders took a
Capital City Courier Harris re-centered the paper in its community roots, the content of the paper was not regulated to social gossip, and news was always the papers' main focus. The "Courier" would run until April 4, 1903, when the last issue of the newspaper was published. During its eighteen years of publication the "Capital City Courier" went through multiple name changes:. This site allows users the ability to read all of the issues of the "Capital City Courier" as they were published, in PDF format, and view the associated images. Capital City Courier The Capital City Courier was a newspaper established on