Battle of the Lerna Mills
1825 battle part of the Greek War of Independence / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of the Lerna Mills was fought on 25 June 1825, in Lerna, Greece between the Egyptian forces of Ibrahim Pasha and Greek forces led by General Yannis Makriyannis, Demetrios Ypsilantis, Andreas Metaxas and Konstantinos Mavromichalis.[3] It was the first Greek success against Ibrahim and saved the city of Nafplio, seat of the government, from capture.[4]
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Battle of the Lerna Mills | |||||||
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Part of the Greek War of Independence | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
First Hellenic Republic | Egypt Eyalet | ||||||
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Yannis Makriyannis (WIA) Andreas Metaxas Demetrios Ypsilantis Konstantinos Mavromichalis | Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt | ||||||
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350[2] 2 gunboats[3] | 5,000[1][4] | ||||||
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minimal[5] | 50 dead[5][lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
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