Battle of Sculeni
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Battle of the Greek War of Independence
| Battle of Sculeni | |
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| Part of the Principality of Moldavia, Ottoman Empire 47°19′N 27°38′E / 47.317°N 27.633°E / 47.317; 27.633 | |
| Result | Ottoman victory |
Greek revolutionaries
Ottoman EmpireGiorgakis Olympios
Yiannis Pharmakis
Athanasios Agrafiotis
Outbreak (1821)
1822–1824
Egyptian intervention (1825–1826)
Great powers intervention (1827–1829) |
The Battle of Sculeni was fought on 29 June 1821 in
Prut River.[2]
Battle
The Ottomans possessed a military that outnumbered the Greeks at approximately ten to one.Macedonian comrade by the name of Yiannis Pharmakis, who continued the fight for a fortnight longer. In the end, on 4 October 1821, Pharmakis surrendered on the promise that his life would be spared. The promise was not kept by the Ottomans, and Pharmakis was ultimately decapitated in Constantinople.[1]
Aftermath
After the battle, all Greek uprisings in the Danubian Principalities and other northern areas subject to the Ottoman Empire ceased.[2] However, the primary task, which was to divert significant Ottoman military forces at all costs towards the Northern Balkans, that would otherwise be used to fight and crush the Greek War of Independence in the South, was accomplished.
Citations
- ^ a b Miller (1966), p. 69.
- ^ a b Phillips (1897), p. 43.
- ^ a b Emerson (1901), p. 673.
References
- Emerson, Edwin (1901). A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year. P.E. Collier and Son.
- Miller, William (1966). The Ottoman Empire and Its Successors, 1801-1927. Routledge.
- Phillips, Walter Alison (1897). The War of Greek Independence, 1821 to 1833. Smith, Elder and Company.
General references
- Ghervas, Stella (2008). Réinventer la tradition. Alexandre Stourdza et l'Europe de la Sainte-Alliance [Reinvent the tradition. Alexandre Stourdza and the Europe of the Holy Alliance] (in French). Paris: Honoré Champion. ISBN 978-2-7453-1669-1.
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