First Siege of Messolonghi
- First Siege of Messolonghi
Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=First Siege of Messolonghi
partof=the Greek War of Independence
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date= October 25-December 31, 1822
place= Messolonghi, Greece
result= Greek victory
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strength1=ca. 2,000
strength2=ca. 10,000-12,000
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The First Siege of Messolonghi was an attempt by Ottoman forces to capture the strategically located port town of Messolonghi during the early stages of the Greek War of Independence.
iege
Omer Vryonis initially tried to take the town by negotiations, against the opinion of Reşid Mehmed and Yussuf Pasha of Patras. The besieged Greeks took advantage of this, dragging the negotiations out until November 8, when they were reinforced by sea with over 1,500 fighters. Then the Ottomans realized their mistake, and resumed the siege in earnest. After a month of bombardment and sorties, the main Ottoman assault was set for the night of December 24, before Christmas, calculating that the Greeks would be caught by surprise. The Greeks however were warned by Vryonis' Greek secretary, and the attack failed. The siege was subsequently lifted on December 31.
Aftermath
Messolonghi remained under Greek control, and resisted another Ottoman attempt at its capture a year later. Its resistance achieved wider fame when Lord Byron arrived there, dying in the town of fever in April 1824. The city was besieged for a third and final time, resisting both Ottoman and Egyptian armies for almost a year, until its final fall on April 10, 1826.
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