Battle of Dervenakia

Battle of Dervenakia
Part of the Greek War of Independence

The Greek victory in Dervenakia (1822)
Date68 August 1822 (26–28 July O.S.)
Location
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
Unknown 20,000 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. 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.