What the records say
- When
- 27 Apr 1897 – 6 May 1897
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.38° N, 22.75° E
- Description
- two battles between the Kingdom of Greece and the Ottoman Empire during the Greco-Ottoman War of 1897
Battle of Velestino
Two battles during the Greco-Ottoman War of 1897
The Battle of Velestino comprised two separate engagements, which took place on 27 April [O.S. 15 April] 1897–30 April [O.S. 18 April] 1897 and 5 May [O.S. 23 April] 1897–6 May [O.S. 24 April] 1897, between the Greek and Ottoman armies at Velestino in Thessaly, as part of the Greco-Turkish War of 1897.
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