GEORGES See also:

• GEORGES KARAISKAKIS (1782-1827)

KARAISKAKIS (1782-1827)  , See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• AGRAPHA (i.e. ` .` unwritten ")

Agrapha in 1782 . During the earlier stages of the war he served in the Morea, and had a somewhat discreditable See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the intrigues which divided the Greek leaders . But he showed a sense of the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity for providing the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country with a See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, and was a steady supporter of See also:

• CAPO

Capo d'See also:

• ISTRIA (Ger. Istrien)

Istria . His most See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

honourable services were performed in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle and later stages of the war . He helped to raise the first See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• MISSOLONGHI, or MESOLONGHI (MaroMyyeov)

Missolonghi in 1823, and did his best to See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save the See also:

• TOWN

town in the second siege in 1826 . In that See also:

• YEAR

year he commanded the patriot forces in See also:

• RUMELIA, or ROUMELIA (Turkish Rumili, " the land of the Romans," i.e. the East Roman or Byzantine empire)

Rumelia, and though he failed to co-operate effectually with other chiefs, or with the See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign sympathizers fighting for the Greeks, he gained some successes against the See also:

• TURKS

Turks which were very welcome amid the disasters of the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . He took a share in the unsuccessful attempts to raise the siege of See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens in 1827, and made an effort to prevent the disastrous See also:

• MASSACRE

massacre of the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison of fort S Spiridion . He was shot in See also:

• ACTION

action on the 4th of May 1827 . See also:

• FINLAY, GEORGE (1799-1875)

Finlay speaks of him as a capable See also:

• PARTISAN, or PARTIZAN

partisan leader who had See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence over his men, and describes him as of " middle See also:

• SIZE

size, thin, dark-complexioned, with a See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright expressive See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye which indicated gipsy See also:

• BLOOD

blood." See G . Finlay, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Greek Revolution (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1861) .