Revolution and liberation · The Revolution of 1821 · Water and mills
Makriyannis fortifies the mills
June 1825 Proven
Makriyannis and the war minister Andreas Metaxas chose to stop Ibrahim at Myloi, then a hamlet of about thirty houses. Makriyannis built ramparts, cut loopholes in the garden wall and strengthened the old stone tower. The mills could also supply Nafplio with water if its aqueduct was cut.
Read the full story: Myloi, 200 years ago: the battle broke out
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- Proven confirmed by primary sources
Pictures
Portrait of Ioannis Makriyannis. Visit Myloi collection
Sources
- I. Makriyannis, Memoirs (Απομνημονεύματα)
- visitmyloi.gr, 'Myloi, 200 years ago: the battle broke out' (after History of the Greek Nation XII)
- S. G. Howe, An Historical Sketch of the Greek Revolution, New York 1828, ch. III (1825) Open (opens in a new tab)
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