Siege of Butrint (1798)
Part of theMediterranean campaign of 1798
Date 18–25 October [O.S. 7–14 October] 1798 Location Butrint, modern-dayAlbania Result Victory of Ali Pasha The remaining French and Greek forces evacuate to Corfu. Territorial changes ThePashalik of Yanina occupies Butrint.
Belligerents
Revolutionary France	Pashalik of Yanina
Commanders and leaders
Nicolas Gregoire Aulmont of Verrières Louis Chabot	Ali Pasha of Janina
Strength
Unknown	20,000[1]

Thesiege of Butrint took place on 18–25 October [O.S. 7–14 October] 1798 between the armed forces ofRevolutionary France and the autonomousOttoman-Albanian ruler,Ali Pasha of Janina.

The French had seized theVenetian Ionian Islands off the western coast ofGreece the previous year, after thefall of the Republic of Venice. The islands also included a few mainland exclaves likeButrint andPreveza, which were coveted by Ali.

French efforts to draw Ali into their camp against the Ottoman sultan failed, and when the Ottoman Empire turned against France, Ali attacked the French positions, attacking Butrint first. The French, led byNicolas Gregoire Aulmont of Verrières and eventually by the French governor-general,Louis François Jean Chabot, resisted for a week, but finally withdrew from thefortress and blew it up. At the same time, Ali Pasha's army moved tocapture Preveza to the south.^[2][3]

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• 1798 in the Ottoman Empire
• 18th century in Greece
• 1798 in France
• French rule in the Ionian Islands (1797–1799)
• Ottoman Albania
• Sieges of the French Revolutionary Wars
• Sieges involving the Ottoman Empire
• Sieges involving France
• Conflicts in 1798
• Ali Pasha of Yanina
• October

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