Battle of Phaleron

Battle of Phaleron
	Part of the Greek War of Independence
	; Karaiskakis landing at Faliron; by Konstantinos Volanakis
Date	24 April (6 May) 1827
Location	Phaleron, Sanjak of Eğriboz, Ottoman Empire (now Attica, Greece)37°56′00″N 23°42′00″E / 37.9333°N 23.7000°E
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
First Hellenic Republic Souliot Forces; Philhellenes;	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Lord Cochrane; Sir Richard Church; Georgios Karaiskakis †; Yannis Makriyannis; Ioannis Notaras †; Tousias Botsaris †	Reşid Mehmed Pasha
Strength
3,000	Unknown (some cavalry)
Casualties and losses
1,500 dead	Unknown

The Battle of Phaleron or Battle of Analatos took place on 6 May (O.S.: 24 April ^[2]) 1827, during the Greek War of Independence. The Greek rebel forces were being besieged inside the Acropolis of Athens by Ottoman forces under the command of Mehmed Reshid Pasha. Greek forces outside the city were desperately trying to break the siege.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Paparigopoulos, K, History of the Greek Nation (Greek edition), vol. 6, p. 176-178
^ The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. 54. Century Company. 1897. p. 144. Retrieved 2012-02-01.