The Russian forces, who occupied the rest of the island with the support of the Greek population, encountered fierce resistance from a Turkish garrison of 350 soldiers fighting with their families at the castle.

[4] However, while the Russian fleet continued the blockade in front of the Dardanelles with nine galleons, the Greek population of Tenedos also refrained from providing boats.

He conveyed the call for the surrender of the Russian forces (through Karakulak İbrahim Ağa, the harem steward of the former grand vizier's chamberlain İzzet Ahmet Pasha, who was taken prisoner on Chios in July) to the Turkish garrison defending the castle with 17 old cannons, some of which were broken and with little ammunition.

The Turkish garrison, which had no strength to resist the Russian batteries that fired 1,200 cannonballs a day, decided to surrender on October 5 after holding out for two months.

Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha]] left the Dardanelles with 23 ships and boats and landed a force (1,070 soldiers) from the Yoztaş port in Lemnos at the time when the garrison decided to surrender (October 7).

Count Orlov then lifted the siege on October 22 and began to withdraw the soldiers to the ships, but before the evacuation was complete, he was attacked by a Turkish force that had landed on the island.

[7] After the Russian Navy withdrew to the island of Paros, the Ottomans quickly repaired the fortress of Myrina, which had been devastated after a siege that lasted about three months, and reinforced it with 455 Janissaries.