Battle of Peta

Battle of Peta
Part of the Greek War of Independence

The Battle of Peta
by Panagiotis Zographos
Date16 July 1822 (4 July Julian calendar)
Location
Peta, Sanjak of Ioannina, Ottoman Empire (now Arta, Greece)
39°10′02″N 21°01′48″E / 39.1672798°N 21.0300179°E / 39.1672798; 21.0300179
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Greece First Hellenic Republic Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Alexandros Mavrokordatos
Markos Botsaris
Panagiotis Rodios
Karl von Normann-Ehrenfels
Jean-François-Maxime Raybaud
Franciszek Mierzejewski[1]		 Omer Vrioni
Strength
2,100
93 Philhellenes		 6,000–8,000[2]
Casualties and losses
268+ dead (including 68 Philhellenes)
Many taken prisoner[citation needed]		 Unknown

The Battle of Peta or Battle of Petta was fought between the Greeks (with Philhellenes) led by Alexandros Mavrokordatos with Markos Botsaris and the Ottomans led by Omer Vrioni on 16 July 1822 (4 July Julian calendar). The conflict occurred on a hillside near the village of Peta in Epirus.[3]

  1. ^ "Franciszek Mierzewski, Polish Philhellene, hero of the Greek Revolution". Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism. 10 April 2021.
  2. ^ Paparigopoulos, K, History of the Greek Nation (Greek edition), vol. 6, p. 68-70
  3. ^ Emden, Christian and Midgley, David R. Papers from the Conference 'The Fragile Tradition' (Volume 2). Cambridge, 2002, ISBN 3-03910-169-2, p. 108. "The battle of Peta, one of the few actual field battles between the Greeks and the Turks in the War of Independence, was fought in 1822 on a hillside near the Epirote village of Peta and resulted in the large-scale and traumatic defeat of the Philhellenes' Battalion."