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Battle of Nicopolis (1798)

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series of combats. While the left redoubt was still fighting, the fall of the right side of the French line opened the way to Preveza, and a mass of Albanian soldiers headed that way. After a while, the left redoubt fell as well, and La Salcette taken prisoner. Tissot with 80 men tried to rescue his commander. Moving at speed through the ruins of Nicopolis, they repulsed cavalry attacks, but were finally stopped by the Albanian infantry and forced to conduct a slow fighting retreat. On the extreme right of the French line, Tzarlabas and his Prevezans, aided by the Souliotes under the
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original positions, but the execution of this manoeuvre failed due to the broken terrain and the pressure of the Albanians. At around 08:00, Ali Pasha launched the mass of his army against the French. The latter held for a couple of hours, but a charge by Ali's cavalry broke their lines, and the battle descended into melee combat.
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and assisted by the French artillery, inflicted heavy casualties on their attackers, but after a few of their officers fled, they too broke in disorder. As a result, the right redoubt was flanked and captured. Trying to reach the left redoubt, which was still resisting, Richemont was captured after a
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counter-attacked and drove the Albanians back to the ancient theatre of Nicopolis. After a company commander was killed, the Albanians took advantage of the disorder in the French lines to push them back again. Worried that his men were spread too thinly La Salcette ordered his men to return to their
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as a rearguard and to cover a French retreat. The right of the French center was given to the local civil guard, under Panos Tzarlabas. The first attack was launched by 500 Albanians under Mukhtar Pasha shortly after. Either then or shortly before that, Christakis Kalogeros, Perraivos, and seventy
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The size of Ali Pasha's army is also unknown, with estimates given from 4,000 to over 20,000 men. The French soldiers who were present in the battle report the Albanian army at 10,000–15,000 men, with most sources citing 11,000. Other historians give a more detailed breakdown of 4,000 infantry and
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The course of the subsequent battle is also not entirely clear, as the eyewitness and third-hand accounts offer partial views of the event at best. According to the reconstruction by the historian James S. Curlin, already at midnight on 22/23 October the Albanians fired their guns, accompanied by
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caused the ruler of Janina deep concerns about ultimate French designs. While the French authorities in the Ionian Islands believed in Ali's friendship and considered that his domains shielded them from attack by the Sultan's forces, Ali, after a period of prevarication, decided to side with the
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to return by promising amnesty, and had them too beheaded. Vonitsa surrendered soon after the fall of Preveza, and only Parga managed to resist Ali's forces. Preveza remained in Ali's hands until 1800, when the Ionian Islands were converted into a Russo-Ottoman condominium, the
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loud cries. La Salcette and Richemont left their quarters in Preveza and headed to the fortifications to assume command. Fifty French soldiers were left in Preveza under Captain Blanc to maintain order, and a further fifty were stationed outside the city under Captain
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in the middle of the city. Built by the Ottomans in the early 18th century, it was very small and in a very poor state, as well as being indefensible due to the nearby houses being higher than its walls. When the French had occupied the town, they found only twelve
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At Preveza, the small French garrison in the Castle of Saint Andrew was quickly overwhelmed. Tissot and his men eventually fought their way into the town, finding the Albanians in control. They made for the residence of the local French consul,
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on 25 October. The French blew up the fortifications and evacuated to Corfu, along with the Greek inhabitants of the town and its environs. Ali then turned to Preveza, and appeared before the city on 22 October, accompanied by his son
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ideals—but his main objective, the cession of the mainland exclaves of the Ionian Islands, was rebuffed by the French. On the other hand, the French also failed to move Ali into open opposition to the Sultan, and
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After capturing Preveza, Ali had the pro-French inhabitants publicly executed, and torched the town. Using the unsuspecting metropolitan bishop of Arta, Ali then lured the Prevezans who had fled to
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La Salcette, seven officers, and 149 other ranks were taken prisoner. They were subjected to torture, and paraded through the streets of Janina before being sent on to
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3,000 cavalry. The ruler of Janina made his camp at a hill called Michalitsi, likely at or on the Monument of Augustus, which commanded a good view of the battlefield.
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as a token of Ali's loyalty to the Sultan. A number of the prisoners, including Le Salcette, Richemont, and Tissot, were later imprisoned in the
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Zacharakis, were still resisting until noon, when the Albanians abandoned the fight with them and Tissot's group and moved to capture Preveza.
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The main external concern of the new French administration was its relationship to its most important neighbour, the powerful and ambitious
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Aventures de Guerre 1792-1809: Souvenirs et récits de soldats, recueillis et publiés par Frédéric Masson, illustré par F. de Myrbach
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Preveza and the other mainland exclaves of the Ionian Islands came under direct Ottoman administration. With the outbreak of the
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Ottoman Albanian horsemen display to French Lieutenant Richemont, a cut-off head of a French soldier, by Felicien Myrbach
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in Constantinople. There they met other French prisoners, including the former chief engineer in the Ionian Islands,
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Prevezans deserted the French lines and made for the shore, from where they escaped on boats to the Ionian Islands.
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Phourikis, Petros A. (1929). "Νικόπολις–Πρέβεζα, Β′ Πρέβεζα" [Nicopolis–Preveza, II. Preveza].
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At around 03:00, firing resumed, and continued sporadically until daybreak, when two French
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French troops fighting amidst the ruins of the ancient theatre of Nicopolis, painting by
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French infantry fighting off Albanian cavalry attacks, painting by Felician Myrbach
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In July 1798, the Ottoman Empire concluded an anti-French alliance with the
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Heavy; 157 soldiers taken prisoner, many soldiers and civilians massacred
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4,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry; eyewitness estimates 10,000–15,000 men
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itself. Ali's forces first moved on Butrint, which they captured after
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The Muslim Bonaparte: Diplomacy and Orientalism in Ali Pasha's Greece
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260 Prevezan civil guards and Souliotes (other accounts: up to 600)
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French guns at the right redoubt, painting by Felician Myrbach
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put an end to the Venetian Republic. French forces under the
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of 17 October 1797, the islands were annexed to France as
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12 October] 1798 between the armed forces of
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620: 617: 608: 604: 601: 591: 582: 578: 575: 574: 568: 564: 560: 554: 549: 545: 541: 537: 532: 531: 524: 519: 517: 511: 506: 501: 500: 499:demi-brigades 493: 488: 482: 477: 473: 467: 462: 458: 457: 445: 443: 442:Mukhtar Pasha 438: 434: 430: 425: 423: 418: 413: 409: 406:ruler of the 405: 401: 397: 392: 390: 386: 382: 378: 377: 371: 367: 363: 359: 355: 351: 347: 343: 339: 335: 331: 327: 323: 319: 315: 311: 307: 301: 297: 287: 285: 281: 277: 273: 269: 265: 261: 257: 253: 249: 245: 241: 226: 210: 201: 197: 194: 193: 188: 184: 179: 178: 173: 170: 167: 164: 157: 152: 149: 148: 143: 140: 137: 135: 132: 131: 126: 118: 115: 114: 109: 80: 76: 71: 68: 67: 63: 59: 56: 55: 51: 48: 42: 37: 34: 29: 26: 22: 19: 1648: 1560:Parga Castle 1493: 1447:Muhtar Pasha 1384: 1380: 1371: 1357: 1332: 1331:(in Greek). 1328: 1309: 1305: 1286: 1262: 1244: 1239: 1217: 1210:Fleming 1999 1205: 1193: 1181: 1174:Fleming 1999 1169: 1157: 1150:Fleming 1999 1145: 1138:Baeyens 1973 1082: 1053: 1041: 1010: 998: 986: 974: 962: 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Index

Battle of Nicopolis
French Revolutionary Wars

Felician Myrbach
O.S.
Nicopolis
Preveza
39°00′47″N 20°43′35″E / 39.01306°N 20.72639°E / 39.01306; 20.72639
Revolutionary France
Pashalik of Janina
Jean Jacques Bernardin Colaud de La Salcette
fr
Surrendered
Ali Pasha of Janina
Battle of Nicopolis (1798) is located in Greece
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O.S.
Revolutionary France
Ottoman
Albanian
Ali Pasha of Janina
Venetian Ionian Islands
Greece
Fall of the Republic of Venice
Butrint
Preveza
Nicopolis
Venetian Ionian Islands
French rule in the Ionian Islands (1797–1799)
Ionian Islands

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