On December 28, 1912, a skirmish at the Gropa position from 10 am until sunset. There was a strong enemy attack from the west by the Cretan Corps of Papagiannakis, Galerou and Polyxigis and the locals from the villages of Palassis and Drymades. They repelled the Turko-Albanians with a heroic assault, led by Galerou with 15 men, with the assistance by sea of the warships of the Ionian fleet "Evrotas" and "Acheloos".
From the enemy forces, more than eight bodies up to 100, as well as wounded.
From the Galerou corps, Christos Dimitriadis from Lamia, Kosmas Babis from Palassis, Nikolaos Sotirakos from Oitos, Oitylos, Mani, and Ioannis Nikitakis from Kalis Sykia, Rethymno, were killed. There was also one wounded person from Peliouri.
Η λαϊκή μούσα διέσωσε την ιστορική μάχη με το εξής δίστιχο:
At Logaras on the Back
Galerius fights the battle
With fifty young men
Liberates Himara
Eleftherios venizelos himself Described The galerou corps as Superior in structure and service to a regular army regiment.
Πηγές:
– The Greek Army during the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 Volume B Operations In Epirus, Athens 1932
– Αναφορά Αρχηγού Χειμάρρας Σπυρομήλιου προς Αρχηγόν Στρατού Ηπείρου στη Φιλιππιάδα
– Εφημερίς Κρητική Ενότης 30/4/1969: Συνέντευξη Ιωσήφ Γαλερού, ζώντος αδερφού του Καπετάν Στυλιανού Γαλερού
– Αρχείο Εμμανουήλ Ηλιάκη: Επιστολή Ανθυπολοχαγού Στυλιανού Γαλερού προς Υπουργόν Κατεχάκην
– Εφημερίς Ρεθύμνου Κρητική Επιθεώρησις 12/1/1914 σελ. 2-3
– Elias Economopoulos: Anecdotes of our two wars: The eagles of Chimarr
Stavroulakis Efstratios
Historian P.E., Great-grandson of Captain Stylianos Galeros
