ORDER OF BATTLE // May 8, 1825
Battle of Sphacteria
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
2 sides catalogued · combined 4,000 estimated
First Hellenic Republic
1,000
Medium-confidence figure
Egypt Eyalet
3,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The structured record places this engagement on 8 May 1825 during the Greek War of Independence, pitting an Egyptian Eyalet force under Ibrahim Pasha against Greek Republican defenders at roughly a three-to-one numerical disadvantage. However, the supplied overview describes a wholly different event — the ancient Athenian operation against stranded Spartan troops on Sphacteria in 425 BC — and contains no information pertaining to the 1825 engagement. Because the overview does not address the 1825 battle, no grounded account of its significance within the Greek War of Independence can be constructed from the provided material.
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