Battle of Sculeni

Battle of Sculeni
Part of the Wallachian Uprising of the Greek War of Independence
Athanasios Agrafiotis fights in Pruth by Peter von Hess
Date 29 June 1821 Location Sculeni, Principality of Moldavia, Ottoman Empire 47°19′N 27°38′E / 47.317°N 27.633°E / 47.317; 27.633 Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Greek revolutionaries	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
George Kantakouzenos Giorgakis Olympios Yiannis Pharmakis Athanasios Agrafiotis	Unknown
Strength
400–500	5,000
Casualties and losses
375	Unknown

The Battle of Sculeni was fought on 29 June 1821 in Sculeni, Moldavia between Ottoman forces and the Greek revolutionary forces raised by the Filiki Eteria led by Prince George Katakouzenos.^[1] The battle came about as the result of Ottoman reprisals for Alexander Ypsilantis' expedition in the two Danubian Principalities, and followed in the aftermath of the Battle of Dragashani. When the Ottomans crossed the Bahlui River in Iaşi on 25 June 1821, Lieutenant Catakouzenos and his forces, originally stationed on the Russian frontier, crossed the Prut River.^[2]