Stergios Goutas

Greek chieftain during the Greek Struggle for Macedonia
Kapetan (Chieftain)

Stergios Goutas
Native name
Στέργιος Γκούτας
Bornc. 1870s
Mesolouri, [Monastir Vilayet]], Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Died4-6 March 1913
Bizani, Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
AllegianceGreece Kingdom of Greece
Service/branch
  • HMC
  •  Hellenic Army
Years of service1904-1913
Battles/warsMacedonian Struggle
Balkan Wars
  • First Balkan War
    • Battle of Bizani †

Stergios Goutas (Greek: Στέργιος Γκούτας) was a Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle.

Biography

Goutas was born in 1870s in Mesolouri of Grevena. He was the son of Klepht Konstantinos Goutas and brother of fellow Macedonian chieftain, Theodoros Goutas. At an early age, he moved with his family to Tyrnavos as his father decided to move the family there for safety reasons. He initially participated in the armed group of his father, Konstantinos Goutas, and acted in Kastanochoria and Voio since 1904. He then set up his own independent armed group, led by him and his brother, Theodoros. They cooperated with the groups of his father and S. Doukas in the Zagoritsani Operation and in the battle of Ezeretsi (now Petropoulaki) in April 1905 against the Bulgarian komitadjis.[1] Later they fought near Klepisti (now Polykastano), in Gramos against Ottoman military extracts and finally in Osnitsani (now Kastanofyto), against the komitadjis Mitre the Vlach and Konstantinos Kyriazos.[2]

He also participated in the First Balkan War as a volunteer with other Macedonian chieftains. He was distinguished in the Battle of Bizani, where he was killed in action.

References

  1. ^ gistor, Το σώμα του Δούκα ή Μάλλιου (Μάρτιος 1905)
  2. ^ Σφακιά: η ρίζα της Κρήτης, Γενεαλογία και Ιστορία Δεληγιαννάκηδων και Βαρδουλάκηδων Σελ. 71 - 109, Επιστολές που αφορούν στον Ηλία Ιωάννου Δεληγιαννάκη κατά τον Μακεδόνικο Αγώνα (από αρχείο Ιατρού Αναστασίου Πηχιώνα), Ηλίας Δεληγιαννάκης Υποστρατηγός - Ιατρός

Sources

  • Πρωινή των Γρεβενών, φύλλο 5606, Τα Γρεβενά στο Μακεδονικό Αγώνα, Μέρος ΣΤ΄, Οπλαρχηγός Κωνσταντίνος Γκούτας, Χρήστος Δ. Βήττος υποστράτηγος ε.α, 23 May 2012
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