agamemnon laid siege to the city of troy.
who laid siege to the city of troy?
agamemnon
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the losses ibrahim pasha had taken at missolonghi had greatly reduced his army, and he spent the rest of 1826 chasing the greek guerillas up and down the mountains. in late june 1826, reshid pasha had arrived outside of athens and laid siege to the city, marking the beginning of the siege of the acropolis. by the middle of august, only the acropolis still held out under yannis gouras. to break the siege, an attack was launched on reshid pasha on 18 august 1826 led by the guerrilla leader georgios karaiskakis and the french philhellene colonel charles nicolas fabvier but were driven off with the loss of some 300 dead. on 13 october 1826, gouras was killed by an ottoman sniper and a week later, the new commander yannis makriyannis was wounded three times in a single day. in december, febvier was able to infiltrate a force of some 500 men into the akropolis, bringing in much needed supplies of gunpowder, through he was much offended when makriyannis had his men start firing to wake up the turks, trapping febvier and his men. in the summer of 1826, the greek government gave command of its army to the british general sir richard church. the british historian george finlay wrote: "church was of a small, well-made, active frame, and of a healthy constitution. his manner was agreeable and easy, with the polish of a great social experience, and the goodness of his disposition was admitted by his enemies, but the strength of his mind was not the quality of which his friends boasted...both church and the greeks misunderstood one another. the greeks expected church to prove a wellington, with a military chest well supplied from the british treasury. church expected the irregulars of greece to execute his strategy like regiments of guards". church landed in greece in march 1827, and was welcomed by his old friend kolokotronis. a week later, lord cochrane arrived to take command of the greek navy and refused to leave his yacht until the greeks agreed to form a united government. on 31 march 1827 the trizina assembly began its work, drafting a new constitution and offered the presidency of greece to the former russian foreign minister, count ioannis kapodistrias. in the meantime, the siege of athens continued. on 5 february 1827, a force of 2,300 greeks under the command of colonel thomas gordon landed at piraeus, and laid siege to the monastery of ayios spiridhon, held by turkish and albanian troops. in april 1827, church and cochrane arrived at athens and immediately clashed over strategy. when the ottoman garrison at aios spiridhon surrendered, they were promised safe conduct, but as they were marching out, a shot went off and most of the ottoman soldiers were killed. cochrane insisted on a bold but risky plan to stage a night attack across the open plains to break the siege. an operation which launched on 5 may 1827 ended in disaster, as the greek forces got lost and scattered as the captains quarrelled with one another. this led to a devastating ottoman cavalry charge in the morning, with ottomans hunting the scattered greek forces almost at leisure. on 5 june 1827, the starving and thirsty men in the acropolis surrendered in the last ottoman victory of the war.
greek war of independence