Revolution and liberation · The Revolution of 1821
Admiral de Rigny warns Makriyannis
June 1825 Probable
While the defences were going up, the French admiral Henri de Rigny visited the mills and told Makriyannis that his men were too few and the position too weak to stand against Ibrahim's cannon. Makriyannis answered that the positions might be weak, but God who protected them was strong.
Note: The conversation is known only from Makriyannis' own memoirs.
Read the full story: Myloi, 200 years ago: the battle broke out
- Where
- The water mills
- Threads
- The Revolution of 1821
- Certainty
- Probable likely, but not fully proven
Sources
- I. Makriyannis, Memoirs (Απομνημονεύματα)
- visitmyloi.gr, 'Myloi, 200 years ago: the battle broke out'
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