Battle of the Lerna Mills

Battle of the Lerna Mills
	Part of the Greek War of Independence
Date	25 June 1825
Location	Myloi, Lerna, Morea Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Argolis, Greece)37°33′17.3″N 22°42′50.0″E / 37.554806°N 22.713889°E
Result	Greek victory
Belligerents
First Hellenic Republic	Egypt Eyalet
Commanders and leaders
Yannis Makriyannis (WIA); Andreas Metaxas; Demetrios Ypsilantis; Konstantinos Mavromichalis	Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt
Strength
350; 2 gunboats	5,000
Casualties and losses
Minimal	50 dead
	Location within Greece Battle of the Lerna Mills (Balkans) Battle of the Lerna Mills (Mediterranean)

The Battle of the Lerna Mills was fought on 25 June 1825, in Lerna, Greece between the Egyptian forces of Ibrahim Pasha and Greek forces led by General Yannis Makriyannis, Demetrios Ypsilantis, Andreas Metaxas and Konstantinos Mavromichalis. It was the first Greek success against Ibrahim and saved the city of Nafplio, seat of the government, from capture.