Exodus of its Guards at Messolonghi Greece 1826 - stock illustration

Steel engraving of The second siege started on 15 April 1825 by Reid Mehmed Pasha whose army numbered 30,000 men and was later reinforced by another 10,000 men led by Ibrahim Pasha, son of Muhammad Ali Pasha of Egypt. After a year of relentless enemy attacks and facing starvation, the people of Messolonghi decided to leave the beleaguered city in the "Exodus of its Guards" ( The Sortie ) on the night of 10 April 1826. At the time, there were 10,500 people in Messolonghi, 3,500 of whom were armed. Very few people survived the Ottoman pincer movement after the betrayal of their plan. Original edition from my own archives Source : "Allgemeine Weltgeschichte" 1898