Battle of Lalas

Battle of Lalas
Part of the Greek War of Independence
Andreas Metaxas during the Battle of Lalas by Peter von Hess
Date 9–13 June 1821 Location Lalas, Morea Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Elis, Greece) 37°42′37.57″N 21°43′10.16″E / 37.7104361°N 21.7194889°E / 37.7104361; 21.7194889 Result Greek victory
Belligerents
Greek revolutionaries	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Andreas Metaxas  (WIA) Konstantinos Metaxas Dimitris Plapoutas Georgios Plapoutas † Dionysios Sembrikos  (WIA) Deligiannis Tzanetos Christopoulos Georgios Sisinis Panagiotakis Fotilas Panagis Messaris	Yousef Serezlis
Strength
850 men 4 Artillery batteries	1,200 men 300 Cavalry Unknown number of Albanian fighters
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Lalas would prove to be one of the first major skirmishes between the Greek rebels and the Ottoman forces during the Greek War of Independence. The outcome of the battle lay the foundation for the struggle against Ottoman rule in the Peloponnese.^{[citation needed]}