Battle of Phaleron

May 6, 1827 · Palaio Faliro

Result Ottoman victory

Greek forces tried to relieve the Acropolis of Athens, which the Ottomans were besieging. Ottoman cavalry routed them, and the Acropolis soon surrendered.

On the map Contemporaries

Greek revolutionaries

Ottoman Empire

Greece

First Hellenic Republic

Ottoman Empire

Thomas Cochrane military commander

Richard Church military commander

Reşid Mehmed Pasha military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 3,000
Deaths: 1,500