Battle of Valtetsi

Battle of Valtetsi
Part of the Greek War of Independence
Kolokotronis leading his army towards Valtetsi
Date 24 May 1821 (12 May Julian) Location Valtetsi, Greece Result Decisive Greek victory
Belligerents
Greek revolutionaries	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Theodoros Kolokotronis Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis Anagnostis Papageorgiou	Kehayabey Mustafa Ruby Bey
Strength
3,000	5,000
Casualties and losses
150 dead	400 dead or 600-700 dead

The Battle of Valtetsi was fought on May 12 (O.S.), 1821 in Valtetsi between the Ottoman army and Greek revolutionaries.

The Greek War of Independence officially broke out on March 25, 1821. The city of Tripoli in Arcadia, central Peloponnesus, became a prime objective of the Greek revolutionary army.

Only the warlike Maniots were experts in the art of battle. Besides them, klephtes who lived in mountains, as well as the armatoloi, who had for centuries been hired by the local Ottoman authorities initially to guard the mountain passes and later for the general keeping of law and order were able to make a coherent force.

During April 1821, the initially small Greek forces in the area were slowly augmented by men from the nearby villages who declared Kolokotronis as Archistratigos, the man for overall command.

Immediately, he established armed camps near the villages of Levidi, Piana, Chrysovitsi, Vervena and Valtetsi who were former rebel's dens that now became headquarters for the preparation of the siege of the Ottoman stronghold, taking advantage of the absence of Hursid Pasha (governor of Morea) who was leading an expedition against the apostate Ali Pasha of Janina under the Sublime Porte's special command.

On April 24 (O.S.), 1821, the Ottoman forces of Tripolitsa attacked and put to flight the Greeks based in Valtetsi. The Muslims were then reinforced on May 1 (OS) by 4,000 Albanian under Mustafa, the Kehayabey of Hursid Pacha, coming from Argolis.

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