In late spring 1821 the Greek War of Independence was raging. The Ottomans gathered forces in the north, under the leadership of Omer Vrioni, to crash the revolution. His plan was to secure the renewed obedience of select Greek revolutionary leaders. His overtures to Androutsos resulted in the latter taking up a defensive position at an inn near Gravia in Phokis with 117 men. He fought for a whole day to prevent the Turks from moving further south. The enemy lost 300 men while the Greeks only lost two men. When the fighting stop while the Turks waited for the arrival of canons, the Greeks managed to escape undetected through the Ottoman lines. Vrioni abandoned his campaign.