Battle of Lalas | |||||||
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Part of the Greek War of Independence | |||||||
![]() Andreas Metaxas during the Battle of Lalas by Peter von Hess | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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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.[citation needed]