Battle of Driskos

Battle of Driskos
	Part of the First Balkan War
	; Postcard depicting the battle
Date	26–28 November 1912
Location	Driskos, Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day Greece)39°39′24.9″N 20°57′38.0″E
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Greece	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Dimitrios Matthaiopoulos ; Alexandros Romas (WIA) ; Peppino Garibaldi	Esad Pasha
Units involved
Metsovo Detachment Italian Redshirts; Corps of Greek Red Shirts; Cretan volunteers;	Yanya Corps 19th Division; Albanian irregulars;
Strength
3,800	7,000–10,000
Casualties and losses
200–400 killed; 400 wounded	1,000–2,000 killed and wounded
	Driskos Location of the battle in present day Greece

The Battle of Driskos (Greek: Μάχη του Δρίσκου, Turkish: Driskos Muharebesi), took place on 26–28 November (O.S.), 1912. It was fought between Greek forces under General Dimitrios Matthaiopoulos and Ottoman forces under General Esad Pasha during the First Balkan War. The battle began when a unit of Greek Redshirt volunteers attacked the Ottoman defensive line at Mount Driskos, Epirus.

The Greeks seized the Ottoman camp and cleared its surroundings. On 27 November, the Ottomans regrouped after receiving considerable reinforcements in both manpower and artillery, launching an assault on Greek positions. The Greeks began withdrawing at noon the following day, after realizing that they were at risk of being overwhelmed. The Battle of Driskos marked the last intervention of the Redshirts into Greek expansionist conflicts.

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