"Do not forget your dogs of war, your big guns, which are the most-to- be respected arguments of the rights of kings."
- Frederick the Great of Prussia, 1712AD – 1786AD
Antonius wasted no more time drawing back his forces laying siege to the different strategic spots on the Peninsula of Erdek, and laid anchor sailing north on the last day of August, going back to the Prince islands, the place where he started his conquest as a victor, a conqueror, on the second of September.