Battle of Dervenakia

Battle of Dervenakia
Part of the Greek War of Independence

The Greek victory in Dervenakia (1822)
Date6–8 August 1822 (26–28 July O.S.)[1]
Location
Dervenakia, Morea Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Peloponnese, Greece)
Result
  • Greek victory
  • Destruction of Dramali's army
Belligerents
Greece First Hellenic Republic  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Demetrios Ypsilantis
Papaflessas
Nikitaras		 Mahmud Dramali Pasha
Strength
8,000–10,000[2] 30,000 (including 8,000 cavalry)[2][3]
Casualties and losses
Less than 100[4] ~27,000 dead[2][5][6][7]

The Battle of Dervenakia (Greek: Μάχη των Δερβενακίων) was the Greek victory over the Ottoman forces on 6–8 August 1822, an important event in the Greek War of Independence.

It resulted in the defeat of a major expedition by Mahmud Dramali Pasha, intended to quell the ongoing Greek rebellion which had begun in 1821.[8] The destruction of Dramali Pasha's forces saved the heartland of the rebellion, the Morea, and secured it for the Greeks until the arrival of Ibrahim Pasha in 1825.

  1. ^ Brewer David, The Flame of Freedom: The Greek War of Independence, 1821–1833, 2001, p. 251, Publications Patakis (Greek edition)
  2. ^ a b c The Greek struggle for independence 1821–1833. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1973. pp. 96–99. ISBN 978-0520023420.
  3. ^ Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, 1975, p.249.
  4. ^ Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, 1975, p.256.
  5. ^ Sarkees, Jeffrey C. Dixon, Meredith Reid (2013). Guide to intrastate wars : a handbook on civil wars. Washington, D.C.: CQ. p. 236. ISBN 978-0872897755.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of battles and sieges : a guide to 8500 battles from antiquity through the twenty-first century (1. publ. ed.). Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Greenwood Press. p. 299. ISBN 978-0313335372.
  7. ^ Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, 1975, p.256.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).