Battle of Maniaki

Battle of Maniaki
Part of the Greek War of Independence

A stamp depicting the Battle of Maniaki
Date20 May 1825
Location
Maniaki, Morea Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Messenia, Greece)
Result Egyptian victory
Belligerents
Greece First Hellenic Republic Egypt Eyalet
Commanders and leaders
Grigorios Papaflessas  †
Pieros Voidis  †		 Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt
Strength
1,000–1,500[1][2] 6,000+[1]
Casualties and losses
800–1,000 dead[1][2] 400–600 dead[1][2][3]

The Battle of Maniaki was fought on May 20, 1825, in Maniaki, Greece (in the hills east of Gargalianoi) between Egyptian forces led by Ibrahim Pasha and Greek forces led by Papaflessas.[1]

The battle ended in an Egyptian victory, during which both Greek commanders, Grigorios Papaflessas and Pieros Voidis, were killed in action.

  1. ^ a b c d e Finlay, p. 75. "He quitted Nauplia with great parade, attended by a body of veteran soldiers; and when he reached the village of Maniaki, in the hills to the east of Gargaliano, his force exceeded three thousand men. The bold priest possessed no military quality but courage. He posted his troops in an ill-selected position and awaited the attack of Ibrahim, who advances in person to carry the position at the head of six thousand men on 1 June. Many of the archimandrite's troops, seeing the superior force of the Egyptians, deserted during the night, and only about fifteen hundred men remained. The pasha's regulars were led on to storm the Greek intrenchments in gallant style, and a short and desperate struggle ensued. The Greeks were forced from their position before they fled. The affair was the best contested during the war, for a thousand Greeks perished by the Arab bayonets, and four hundred Arabs lay dead on the field. In spite of the defeat and the severe loss sustained by the Greeks, they gained honour and courage by the battle of Maniaki."
  2. ^ a b c Phillips, pp. 178.
  3. ^ Newspaper "To Vima", 6/4/2003.