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Battle of Sculeni

Battle of the Greek War of Independence

Summary

Battle of the Greek War of Independence

Field	Value
conflict	Battle of Sculeni
partof	the Wallachian Uprising of the Greek War of Independence
image	Athanasios Agrafiotis - by Hess.jpg
image_size	300
caption	Athanasios Agrafiotis fights in Pruth
by Peter von Hess
date	29 June 1821
place	Sculeni, Principality of Moldavia, Ottoman Empire
coordinates
result	Ottoman victory
combatant1	Flag of Greece (1821).svg Greek revolutionaries
combatant2	Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
commander1	George Kantakouzenos
Giorgakis Olympios
Yiannis Pharmakis
Athanasios Agrafiotis
commander2	Unknown
strength1	400–500
strength2	5,000
casualties1	375
casualties2	Unknown

by Peter von Hess Giorgakis Olympios Yiannis Pharmakis Athanasios Agrafiotis

The Battle of Sculeni was fought on 29 June 1821 in Sculeni, Moldavia between Ottoman forces and the Greek revolutionary forces raised by the Filiki Eteria led by Prince George Katakouzenos. The battle came about as the result of Ottoman reprisals for Alexander Ypsilantis' expedition in the two Danubian Principalities, and followed in the aftermath of the Battle of Drăgășani. When the Ottomans crossed the Bahlui River in Iaşi on 25 June 1821, Lieutenant Catakouzenos and his forces, originally stationed on the Russian frontier, crossed the Prut River.

Battle

The Ottomans possessed a military that outnumbered the Greeks at approximately ten to one. Catacouzenos imitated the retreat of Ypsilantis to the Austrian Empire after Drăgășani, by fleeing to Russia. However, his forces, made up of around 500 young Greek soldiers (Edwin Emerson places the number at 400 soldiers), wanted to stay and fight against the Ottoman Empire. During the battle, approximately one-fourth of the Greek army fled by swimming across the Prut. The remaining soldiers continued to fight until they were either killed by the Ottomans or drowned in the river. The Russians, positioned on the opposite bank of the river, applauded the bravery of the Greeks. Giorgakis Olympios, a military leader who commanded an army in Wallachia, was garrisoned in the Moldavian Secu Monastery; Giorgakis fought until the Ottomans stormed the monastery and forced him to light powder kegs from which he perished in the explosion. However, Giorgakis had a 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.

Aftermath

After the battle, all Greek uprisings in the Danubian Principalities and other northern areas subject to the Ottoman Empire ceased. 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.

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