Prelude
The Ottomans had tried to take over Mani in 1780. In this attempt the Ottomans laid siege to the Grigorakis tower in Skoutari which was garrisoned by fifteen men and was eventually destroyed after three days. The Ottoman army then advanced to the plain of 'Vromopigada' where they were caught by surprise by the Maniots who they outnumbered and were routed. But the Maniot leader Éxarchos who was Zanet's nephew and Antony's father was lured to Tripoli and hung. His mother then caused the men of Skoutari under Zanet to sack the Ottoman castle of Passavas by trickery.
Zanet who became bey of Mani in 1784 was caught conspiring with the French under Napoleon against the Ottomans in 1798 and was deposed and outlawed by the Ottomans. But when he received a shipment of French weapons in 1803, the Capitán-Pasha then invaded Mani and laid siege to Zanet in Cranae. After a while, Zanet slipped away from the siege during the night and retreated to inland Mani.
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