battle, nineteenth century
Battle of Valtetsi
Battle of Valtetsi was a battle fought on 12 May 1821 at Valtetsi, in what is now Greece. It was part of the Greek War of Independence, which ran from 1821 to 1829. The recorded result: Greek victory. Recorded strength: 3,000 against 5,000.
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Record
| Date | 12 May 1821 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Valtetsi, Greece 37.477N, 22.285E | |
| Part of | Greek War of Independence (1821 to 1829) | |
| Kind | Battle, nineteenth century | |
| Result | Greek victory | |
| Belligerents | 23px|border Greek revolutionaries; border|23px Maniot Forces | Ottoman Empire |
| Commanders | 23px|border Theodoros Kolokotronis; 23px|border Anagnostaras; 23px|border Dimitrios Plapoutas; border|23px Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis; 23px|border Ilias Mavromichalis, Ioannis Mavromichalis, Mitropetrovas | Kâhya Mustafa Bey; Ruby Bey |
| Strength | 3,000 | 5,000 |
| Casualties and losses | 4 dead, 17 wounded | 1,149 dead and injured |
Nearest engagements
- Siege of Tripolitsa 1821, 9.7 km
- Battle of Megalopolis 331 BC, 15 km
- Siege of Megalopolis 317 BC, 16 km
- Battle of Mantinea 362 BC, 17 km
- Battle of Mantinea 418 BC, 17 km
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Gravia Inn 8 May 1821
- After: Battle of Doliana 18 May 1821
- All 47 engagements of Greek War of Independence
Elsewhere in 1821
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Battle of Valtetsi is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 274 in present-day Greece.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2579501, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Valtetsi, revision 1376718096, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.