Battle of Lalas

Battle of Lalas
	Part of the Greek War of Independence
	; Andreas Metaxas during the Battle of Lalas; by Peter von Hess
Date	9 - 13 June 1821
Location	Lalas, Morea Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Elis, Greece)37°42′37.57″N 21°43′10.16″E
Result	Greek victory
Belligerents
Greek revolutionaries	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Andreas Metaxas (WIA); Konstantinos Metaxas ; Dimitris Plapoutas; Georgios Plapoutas †; Dionysios Sembrikos (WIA); Deligiannis; Tzanetos Christopoulos; Georgios Sisinis; Panagiotakis Fotilas; Panagis Messaris	Yousef Serezlis
Strength
850 men; 4 Artillery batteries	1,200 men; 300 Cavalry; Unknown number of Albanian fighters
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Lalas would prove to be one of the first major skirmishes between the Greek rebels and the combined Ottoman and Muslim-Albanian forces during the Greek War of Independence. The outcome of the battle lay the foundation for the struggle against Ottoman rule in the Peloponnese.

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