Battle of Dervenakia

Expedition of Dramali
	Part of the Greek War of Independence
	; The Greek victory in Dervenakia (1822)
Date	6-8 August 1822 (26–28 July O.S.)
Location	Dervenakia, Morea Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Peloponnese, Greece)
Result	Greek victory Destruction of Dramali's army;
Belligerents
First Hellenic Republic	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Theodoros Kolokotronis; Demetrios Ypsilantis ; Papaflessas; Nikitaras	Mahmud Dramali Pasha
Strength
8,000–10,000	20,000 (including 8,000 cavalry)
Casualties and losses
minimal	~17,000 dead

The Battle of Dervenakia (Greek: Μάχη των Δερβενακίων) was the Greek victory over the Ottoman forces on 6–8 August 1822, an important event in the Greek War of Independence.

It resulted in the defeat of a major expedition by Mahmud Dramali Pasha, intended to quell the ongoing Greek rebellion which had begun in 1821. The destruction of Dramali Pasha's forces saved the heartland of the rebellion, the Morea, and secured it for the Greeks until the arrival of Ibrahim Pasha in 1825.

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