Battle of Drăgășani

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.

Battle of Drăgășani
Part of the Wallachian uprising of the Greek War of Independence

The Sacred Band fights in Dragatsani
by Peter von Hess
(Benaki Museum, Athens)
Date19 June 1821
Location
Drăgăşani, Principality of Wallachia, Ottoman Empire
44.6611°N 24.2606°E / 44.6611; 24.2606
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents

Greek Revolutionaries

  • Sacred Band
  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Alexandros Ypsilantis
Giorgakis Olympios
Athanasios Tsakalov
Nikolaos Ypsilantis
Vasileios Karavias		 Kara Ahmed
Strength
500 infantry
500 cavalry		 2,000 cavalry
Casualties and losses
400+ dead Unknown
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