Battle of Koronisia (1829)

Battle of Koronisia
Part of the Greek War of Independence
Date 5 March 1829 Location Koronisia, Arta, Epirus, Rumelia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire Result Greek victory
Belligerents
Greek revolutionaries	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Richard Church Athanasios Koutsonikas	Reşid Mehmed Pasha

The Battle of Koronisia or Kyronisia ^[1] was a military conflict of the Greek War of Independence with a victorious outcome for the Greeks. ^[2]

The development of events

On March 5, 1829, Vonitsa became Greek again. This again mobilized Mehmet Resit Pasha Kütahı, a general with enormous prestige, now the Sultan's commander-in-chief, who was in Ioannina. He was ordered to quickly drown Roumeli in blood so that he could then take over as head of the Ottoman troops on the Russian-Turkish front.

Commander-in-Chief George assigned the task of stopping Kütahı to the Souliotes millenary under Athanasios Koutsonikas, with the objective of closing in on the islet of Koronisia (present-day Koronisia, an islet in the Amvrakikos Gulf in the wider area of Arta, opposite Preveza and Vonitsa) in the Ottoman passage and preventing Kütahı, who had been undefeated until then, from crossing into Roumeli. ^[3] The Turkish troops were led by Kütahı himself. ^[4] However, he failed. On 10 March 1829, the London Protocol was signed.

References

1. Αρτινά ιστορικά θέματα, Γιάννης Τσούτσινος, Άρτα 2001, σελ.50-52
2. 1790 μ.Χ. - 1860 μ.Χ. : Ο Αμβρακικός, πεδίο πολεμικών συγκρούσεων μεταξύ Ελλήνων και Τούρκων : Πρέβεζα - Βόνιτσα - Κορωνησία - Μακρυνόρος Η μάχη των συνόρων Κορωνησία: 1828–1929, Ρώσσος Κωνσταντίνος
3. Λάμπρος Κουτσονίκας, «Ιστορία της Ελληνικής Επαναστάσεως» Αθήναι 1863-4
4. Βασιλείου, Φώτης (19 July 2017). Μάχη της Κορωνησίας (PDF). Η Φιλοθέη. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-22.