Giorgos Giannias
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Giorgos Giannias or Yiorgos Yiannias (Greek: Γιώργος Γιαννιάς, d. June 13, 1821 near Koumani
) was a Greek
revolutionary leader
born in Prostovitsa, a village now known as Drosia
in Achaia. He was the brother of Konstantinos Giannias
.
On March 1821, he entered as one of the first in the revolution with a small strategic army. He gave all the battles and mainly the Turks from Lalas. On March 27, he battled with 1,500 Turks in the Katsaros narrows in which 120 Turks died. Many folk music brought into his heroic battle. Next to the location in which the battle of Antroni (Spartoulia - Σπαρτουλιά) in which had a memory in honor of him.
On June 13, all the Greek were in Lala by the boundary with Ilia, he held the vanguard of the Greek battlefield. In one view of the Lalians in Koumani
brought in 100 man in front of a large spot of the Turks, many commanders fled the area. It remained 8 men and worsely battled, after the end, they battled until all of them fell.
Koumani
Koumanis is a village near Andritsaina, Greece. Its 2001 population was 719 for the village and 779 for the municipal district. Koumanis is located at 600 m above sea level. Its climate is cool during the summer and wet during the winter...
) was a Greek
Greece
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revolutionary leader
Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between...
born in Prostovitsa, a village now known as Drosia
Drosia, Achaea
Drosia is a Greek village in southern Achaea. Drosia is located south of Patras, west of Kalavryta, northwest of Tripoli, north of Lampeia and northeast of Pyrgos. The GR-33 is to the west. Alpochori had a 2001 population of was 382 for the village and 816 for the municipal district. The...
in Achaia. He was the brother of Konstantinos Giannias
Konstantinos Giannias
Konstantinos Giannias was a Greek klepht who operated in the Peloponnese. Giannias was born in Prostovitsa, a village now known as Drosia in Achaia...
.
On March 1821, he entered as one of the first in the revolution with a small strategic army. He gave all the battles and mainly the Turks from Lalas. On March 27, he battled with 1,500 Turks in the Katsaros narrows in which 120 Turks died. Many folk music brought into his heroic battle. Next to the location in which the battle of Antroni (Spartoulia - Σπαρτουλιά) in which had a memory in honor of him.
On June 13, all the Greek were in Lala by the boundary with Ilia, he held the vanguard of the Greek battlefield. In one view of the Lalians in Koumani
Koumani
Koumanis is a village near Andritsaina, Greece. Its 2001 population was 719 for the village and 779 for the municipal district. Koumanis is located at 600 m above sea level. Its climate is cool during the summer and wet during the winter...
brought in 100 man in front of a large spot of the Turks, many commanders fled the area. It remained 8 men and worsely battled, after the end, they battled until all of them fell.