 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Mushure meSarantaporo akaiswa semutungamiri mu9th Battalion ye1st Evzone Regiment. Velissariou akabva aendeswa kunzvimbo yeEpirus uye akaiswa kudivi rekumabvazuva, muchikamu cheAetorachi. Musi waFebruary 19, 1913, dzimbahwe reGirisi rakarayira kurwisa kwakasimba masvingo eOttoman muBizani, iyo yakafukidza guta reIoannina. Mabhatani aEvzone aVelissariou naGeorgios Iatridis vakapinda nekukurumidza kuchamhembe uye vakakwanisa kucheka nzira chete yekutiza kwemauto emuvengi nekutora musha weAgios Ioannis, pakati peBizani neIoannina. Nokukurumidza dzimbahwe reOttoman muIoannina, rakanga risingakwanisi kutumira chero mharidzo yekutaurirana kunhare dzeOttoman, zvichikonzera kutya kukuru. Muusiku hwakatevera, zvikamu zvaVelissariou naIatridis vakakwanisa kubata maofficial makumi matatu nemanomwe nemasoja mazana mapfumbamwe nemakumi matatu nemashanu mukuedza kwavo kudzokera kuchamhembe. Somugumisiro, zuva rakatevera racho, mutungamiri weOttoman Esad Pasha akazvipira, nepo Velissariou pachake akatungamirira nhume yeOttoman kuenda kumuzinda weGreek. 