 Kutevera kuwa kweMissolonghi kumadokero kweGreece, Atene neAcropolis zvakaramba zviri nhare bedzi muzvioko zvechiGiriki muGreece huru kunze kwePeloponnese. Somuuyo, pashure pokukunda kwake paMissolonghi, mutungamiriri mukuru weOttoman, Reşid Mehmed Pasha, akatendeukira kuAthens. Kukombwa kwakatanga musi wa25 Nyamavhuvhu 1826, uye kwakanyatsotevera zvakaitika kuMissolonghi: maOttoman akaisa chibvumirano chakasimba kwazvo ndokupfura chikomo, nepo vakakombwa vakavadzvinyirira nekugara vachienda usiku uye vachigadzira migodhi, vachishandisa ruzivo rwaKonstantinos Chormivitis, uyo akanga atozviratidza muMissolonghi. MaGreek akakomberedzwa akapihwa zvekare uye akasimbiswa nezvikamu zvidiki zvakatumirwa kuburikidza nemitsara yeOttoman neuto guru reGreek, pasi paGeorgios Karaiskakis, uyo akazvimisikidza akatenderedza Eleusis, Piraeus nePhaleron kumaodzanyemba kweAthens. MaGreek akatanga kurwisa kwakasiyana-siyana kumashure kweuto reOttoman nemitsetse yaro yekupa, kunyanya kukunda muhondo yeArachovamunaNovember; zano iri rakashandurwa kuti riitire zvakananga mauto eOttoman, zvichikonzera Hondo yeKamatero munaFebruary. Mutungamiri akaendeswa kubva kuKaraiskakis kuenda kuBritish general Richard Church muna Kubvumbi. 