Battle of Kastella | |||||||
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Part of Greek War of Independence | |||||||
Yannis Makriyannis defending Piraeus (painting by Peter von Hess) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
First Hellenic Republic | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Yannis Makriyannis | Reşid Mehmed Pasha | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2.000 Klephts and Αrmatoloi 400 regular army, 15 cannons |
About 3.000 (infantry and cavalry) 4-6 cannons | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
60 dead | 300 dead and wounded |
Battle of Kastella was a military engagement during the Greek revolution of 1821 with a victorious outcome for the Greeks, in the context of Reşid Mehmed Pasha’s expedition in Attica which had as its ultimate goal the occupation of the Acropolis.