Dragasani, Battle Of

(June 19, 1821), military engagement in which the Ottoman Turks defeated the forces of the Greek revolutionary society Philik� Etaire�a and ended the first insurrection of the Greek War of Independence. Intending to overthrow Ottoman rule in the Balkans and to establish an independent Greek state, Philik� Etaire�a sent the Sacred Battalion, under Alexander Ypsilantis,