Battle of Velestino

Overview

The Battle of Velestino comprised two separate engagements, which took place on 27 April [O.S. 15 April] 1897–30 April [O.S. 18 April] 1897 and 5 May [O.S. 23 April] 1897–6 May [O.S. 24 April] 1897, between the Greek and Ottoman armies at Velestino in Thessaly, as part of the Greco-Turkish War of 1897.

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Significance

The Battle of Velestino consisted of two separate engagements fought in Thessaly between Greek and Ottoman forces during the Greco-Turkish War of 1897. The first engagement ran across several days in late April, and the second followed in early May. Together they formed part of the broader Ottoman campaign through Thessaly that defined the short 1897 war. Ottoman casualties recorded in the engagements indicate that Greek resistance at Velestino imposed a measurable cost on the advancing Ottoman forces, commanded by Edhem Pasha and his subordinates. The battle is one of the few engagements of the war in which Greek forces contested Ottoman progress in the Thessalian interior.

Forces & casualties

Commanders (5)