Mesolonghi
Americannoun
noun
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Lord Byron arrived at Mesolonghi on January 5, 1824.
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Galaxídhi revolted in April, and was followed in June by Mesolonghi—a prosperous town of fishermen, impregnably situated in the midst of the lagoons at the mouth of the Aspropotamo, beyond the narrows of the Korinthian Gulf.
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On November 6 he actually laid siege to Mesolonghi, but here his experiences were as discomfiting as Dramali's.
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The Ottoman commander in the west raised an auxiliary force of Moslem and Catholic clansmen from northern Albania, and attempted to reach Mesolonghi once more.
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In April provisions in Mesolonghi itself gave out, and, scorning surrender, the garrison—men, women, and children together— made a general sortie on the night of April 22.
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