The battle of Phaleron took place on the 24th April 1827. The revolting Greek forces were being besieged inside the Acropolis of Athens by Ottoman forces under the command of Reshid Pasha. Greek forces outside the city were desperatly trying to brake the siege. The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 12+ million km² Establishment 1299 Dissolution October 29, 1923...
The English Lord Cochrane/General Church was commanding the Greeks. He ordered 3,000 men to advance. Their plan was to send 7,000 more men who were at Piraeus to attack the Turks from the flanks. As the Greeks advanced from Phaleron, Reshid sent some cavalry to attack the Greeks. He expected the main assualt to come from Piraeus. The troops from Piraeus did not arrive and the rest of the Greeks were hacked to pieces by the Turkish cavalry. Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (14 December 1775–31 October 1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a politician and naval adventurer. ... Piraeus, or Peiraeus (Modern Greek: Πειραιά(ς) Pireá(s), Ancient Greek / Katharevousa: Πειραιεύς Pireéfs) is a city in the prefecture of Attica, Greece, located south of Athens. ... Italian cavalry officers practice their horsemanship in 1904 outside Rome. ...
The Greek lost 2,000 men. This was a devastating lose. The men in the Acropolis surrendered and were escorted by the French army to the coast.
At the battle, the Persians lost 6,400 men and seven of their ships were captured, and from the Athenian side, 192 men were killed, among them the polemarch Kallimachos and Stesilaos, one of the ten generals.
Finding the battle over, they visited Marathon and after inspecting the field of the battle, where thousands of enemy bodies were lying, they returned to Sparta, having only praise for the bravery of the Athenians.
Aeschylos, who was wounded badly, considered his participation in the battle of Marathon, the highest honor he had in his life, as it was inscribed in his grave style.
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