after the battle codrington went to malta to refit his ships. he remained there till may 1828, when he sailed to join his french and russian colleagues on the coast of the morea. they endeavoured to enforce the evacuation of the peninsula by ibrahim pasha peacefully. the pasha made diplomatic difficulties, which came in the form of continuous genocide against the greeks of morea who were to be replaced with muslims from africa and on 25 july the three admirals agreed that codrington should go to alexandria to obtain ibrahim's recall by his father mehemet ali. codrington had heard on 22 june of his own supersession, but, as his successor had not arrived, he carried out the arrangement made on 25 july, and his presence at alexandria led to the treaty of the 6 august 1828, by which the evacuation of the morea was settled. his services were recognised by the grant of the grand cross of the bath, but there is no doubt that the british government was embarrassed by his heavy-handed gunboat diplomacy and not too impressed by the further weakening of russia's main opponent, the ottomans.