Battle of Vasilika

The Battle of Vasilika was fought between Greek revolutionaries and the Ottoman Empire during the Greek War of Independence.

Battle of Vasilika
Part of the Greek War of Independence

The Battle of Vasilika by Peter von Hess.
Date26 August 1821
Location
Vasilika, Phthiotis Greece
Result Greek victory
Belligerents
Greek rebels  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ioannis Gouras
Dimitrios Panourgias
Yannis Dyonouniotis		 Behrem Pasha
Strength
1,600-2,300 men [1][2] c.8,000 men
Casualties and losses
700 dead, 1 officer dead, 800 horses, 18 flags[3]

Battle

During the revolution of 1821, the Sultan, in order to help the Ottoman forces in Central Greece, sent an army of eight thousand men leaded by Behrem Pasha from Macedonia to help them. If this army would unite with the rest of the Ottoman forces the revolution in Central Greece would come to its end.[4] In order to stop the campaign, Yannis Gouras (replacing Odysseas Androutsos[5]), Dimitrios Panourgias and Yannis Dyovouniotis with a force of 1,600[6] or 2,300[7] men occupied the narrow road of Vasilika, in Phthiotis.

At August 26th 1821, the Ottoman army conflicted with the Greeks. The Greek defenders manage to hold their position causing huge casualties to the Ottomans and even killing a Turkish officer. Behrem Pasha was finally forced to retreat to Lamia, to the north of Thermopylae. On the battlefield, he had left seven hundred dead Ottomans, eight hundred horses and eighteen flags. This victory prevented the Ottoman army in Central Greece to enter the Peloponnese and deliver the Ottoman garrisons besieged by the Greeks.[8]

References
  1. According to Spyridon Trikoupis
  2. Paparigopoulos, K, History of the Greek Nation (Greek edition), vol. 6, p. 64
  3. Paparigopoulos, K, History of the Greek Nation (Greek edition), vol. 6, p. 64
  4. Paparigopoulos, K, History of the Greek Nation (Greek edition), vol. 6, p. 64
  5. According to Spyridon Trikoupis
  6. Paparigopoulos, K, History of the Greek Nation (Greek edition), vol. 6, p. 64
  7. According to Spyridon Trikoupis
  8. [Δημήτρης Φωτιάδης,Ιστορία του 21, ΜΕΛΙΣΣΑ, 1971, τομ. Β, σελ.135-138]

Bibliography

Paparigopoulos, Konstantinos, History of the Greek Nation (Greek edition), vol. 6, p. 64

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