Battle of Drăgășani
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The Battle of Drăgășani (or Dragashani) was fought on 19 June 1821 in Drăgășani, Wallachia, between the Ottoman forces of Sultan Mahmud II and the Greek Filiki Etaireia insurgents as a part of the Greek War of Independence.
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Battle of Drăgășani | |||||||
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Part of the Wallachian uprising of the Greek War of Independence | |||||||
The Sacred Band fights in Dragatsani by Peter von Hess (Benaki Museum, Athens) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Greek Revolutionaries | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Alexandros Ypsilantis Giorgakis Olympios Athanasios Tsakalov Nikolaos Ypsilantis Vasileios Karavias | Kara Ahmed | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
500 infantry 500 cavalry[1] | 2,000 cavalry[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
400+ dead | Unknown |
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