Ottoman Albanian forces moved against Missolonghi and besieged it. However, they were finally defeated, and Mustafa Pasha retreated to Albania during December of 1823. See also Kostas Botsaris Markos Botsaris Second Siege of Missolonghi References Sources Paroulakis, Peter Harold. The Greeks: Their Struggle for Independence. Hellenic International Press, 1984. . Karpenisi Karpenizi 1823 Karpenizi 1823 Karpenisi 1823 in Greece August 1823 events Central Greece in the Greek War of Independence