Yannis Makriyannis defending Piraeus
(painting by Peter von Hess)
Date
29 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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First Hellenic Republic
Ottoman Empire
Thomas Gordon