Battle of Kastella

Battle of Kastella
Part of Greek War of Independence

Yannis Makriyannis defending Piraeus (painting by Peter von Hess)
Date29 January 1827 – 30 January 1827
Location
Kastella, Piraeus
Result Greek victory
Belligerents
First Hellenic Republic Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders

Yannis Makriyannis
Ioannis Notaras
Dimitrios Kallergis

Thomas Gordon		 Reşid Mehmed Pasha
Strength

2,000 Klephts and Αrmatoloi 400 regular army,

15 cannons

About 3,000 (infantry and cavalry)

4–6 cannons
Casualties and losses
60 dead 300 dead and wounded

Battle of Kastella was a military engagement during the Greek revolution of 1821 with a victorious outcome for the Greeks, in the context of Reşid Mehmed Pasha’s expedition in Attica which had as its ultimate goal the occupation of the Acropolis.

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