Battle of Vasilika
Part of theGreek War of Independence
TheBattle of Vasilika, by Panagiotis Zographos
Date 7 September 1821(26 AugustO.S.)[1] Location Vasilika,Sanjak of Eğriboz,Ottoman Empire (nowPhthiotis,Greece) 38°42′29″N22°45′14″E / 38.708°N 22.754°E /38.708; 22.754 Result Greek victory
Belligerents
Greek revolutionaries	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ioannis Gouras Dimitrios Panourgias Ioannis Dyovouniotis Odysseas Androutsos[2]	Behram Pasha
Strength
1,600–2,300[3]	5,000–8,000[4]
Casualties and losses
Unknown	700 dead, 1 officer dead, 800 horses, 18 flags, 7 cannons[3][4]

TheBattle of Vasilika was fought betweenGreek revolutionaries and theOttoman Empire during theGreek War of Independence.

After the battle of Alamana, the route to EasternCentral Greece andMorea was clear for the Ottoman armies. During August 1821, an Ottoman force of 5,000-8,000 men under the command of Behram Pasha campaigned south to quell theGreek revolution and lift thesiege of Tripolitsa. To intercept this expedition, the revolutionaries under the command ofYannis Gouras and Ioannis Dyovouniotis assembled in the desolate village of Vasilika ofPhthiotis, where the road led to a long and narrow path.^[4]

On 7 September 1821,^[1] the Turkish forces attempted to continue their march through Vasilika, but they engaged with the revolutionaries and fierce battle ensued. The Greeks, after using their firearms, theyassaulted the Ottomans since they had heard a rumor thatOdysseas Androutsos, a prominent military captain of Eastern Central Greece, was approaching the battlefield to reinforce them. The Ottomans suffered heavy casualties, and eventually they retreated toLamia, leaving many of their war supplies and seven cannons behind. They also knocked down the bridge of Alamana to prevent the Greeks from pursuing them.^[4]

The battle of Vasilika was a significant victory for the revolutionaries since Behram Pasha’s large army were successfully repulsed. Furthermore, the Sublime Porte was unable to organize another campaign until 1822,^[1] thus the Greeks gained the opportunity to regroup. This victory prevented the Ottoman army in central Greece from entering the Peloponnese and relieving the Ottoman garrisons besieged by the Greeks.^[5]

• Military history of Central Greece
• Battles involving the Ottoman Empire
• Conflicts in 1821
• Battles of the Greek War of Independence
• 1821 in Greece
• August 1821
• Central Greece in the Greek War of Independence
• History of Phthiotis

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