Georgios Vagias
Greek general during the Greek War of Independence
About Georgios Vagias
Georgios Vagias was a Greek general during the Greek War of Independence (1821–1830).
Vagias was born in Lekel, Ottoman Empire, modern southern Albania. He participated in several conflicts during the Greek revolution that led to the independence of Greece. His activity was focused on western Central Greece and the Peloponnese. In 1825 Vagias was promoted to general of the Greek revolutionary army. He also fought in the Battle of Arachova (1826) under commanding general Georgios Karaiskakis. There Vagias together with revolutionary leader, Gardikiotis Grivas, commanded a force of 500 men and succeeded in annihilating an invading unit of 1,500 Ottoman-Albanians.
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