Battle of Dervenakia

Battle of Dervenakia
	Part of the Greek War of Independence
	; The Greek victory in Dervenakia (1822)
Date	6–8 August 1822 (26–28 July O.S.)
Location	Dervenakia, Morea Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Peloponnese, Greece)
Result	Greek victory; Destruction of Dramali's army;
Belligerents
First Hellenic Republic	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Theodoros Kolokotronis; Demetrios Ypsilantis ; Papaflessas; Nikitaras	Mahmud Dramali Pasha
Strength
8,000–10,000	20,000 (including 8,000 cavalry)
Casualties and losses
Minimal[citation needed]	~17,000 dead

The Battle of Dervenakia (Greek: Μάχη των Δερβενακίων) was the Greek victory over the Ottoman forces on 6–8 August 1822, an important event in the Greek War of Independence.

It resulted in the defeat of a major expedition by Mahmud Dramali Pasha, intended to quell the ongoing Greek rebellion which had begun in 1821.^[5] The destruction of Dramali Pasha's forces saved the heartland of the rebellion, the Morea, and secured it for the Greeks until the arrival of Ibrahim Pasha in 1825.

^ Brewer David, The Flame of Freedom: The Greek War of Independence, 1821–1833, 2001, p. 251, Publications Patakis (Greek edition)
^ ^a ^b ^c The Greek struggle for independence 1821–1833. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1973. pp. 96–99. ISBN 978-0520023420.
^ Sarkees, Jeffrey C. Dixon, Meredith Reid (2013). Guide to intrastate wars : a handbook on civil wars. Washington, D.C.: CQ. p. 236. ISBN 978-0872897755.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of battles and sieges : a guide to 8500 battles from antiquity through the twenty-first century (1. publ. ed.). Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Greenwood Press. p. 299. ISBN 978-0313335372.
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[1] Brewer David, The Flame of Freedom: The Greek War of Independence, 1821–1833, 2001, p. 251, Publications Patakis (Greek edition)

[Dakin1973-2] The Greek struggle for independence 1821–1833. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1973. pp. 96–99. ISBN 978-0520023420.

[3] Sarkees, Jeffrey C. Dixon, Meredith Reid (2013). Guide to intrastate wars : a handbook on civil wars. Washington, D.C.: CQ. p. 236. ISBN 978-0872897755.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[4] Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of battles and sieges : a guide to 8500 battles from antiquity through the twenty-first century (1. publ. ed.). Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Greenwood Press. p. 299. ISBN 978-0313335372.

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