Battle of Agionori

After the battle at Dervenakia, Theodoros Kolokotronis conceived and implemented a plan to completely block Dramali's army, which he expected would attempt to pass from Nafplio to Corinth. Ultimately, the plan was not implemented properly, resulting in the Turks fleeing to Agionori, where the only one left to face them was Nikitaras with Nikitas Flessas. On the night of 27/28 July, Dramali learned that the Berbatios ravine was unguarded and decided to pass through it to reach the Agionori road and from there, via Klenia, to reach Corinth.^[1]

At first, Dramali turned against Nikitaras's corps at Agios Vasileios, which was more isolated and left a small force on the road to Agionori to occupy the Flessaians. Nikitara's men suffered losses and began to retreat towards Stefani, where they resisted effectively, assisted by Nikitas Flessas' corps. Finally, the Turks, caught between two fires, were defeated, losing at least 600 men (many historians put the losses at 1,000 men).^[2] They would have suffered greater losses if the Greeks had continued to pursue them, but it seems that they were dazzled by the rich loot and stopped. Only Nikitaras with a few men continued the pursuit, helped by the women of Agionori who threw stones at the Turks from above. Thus, a large number of the defeated escaped, along with Dramali's himself, to Corinth where they were again blocked by the Greeks.^[3]