sentences:  First Siege of Missolonghi
  
  The First Siege of Missolonghi  was an attempt by Ottoman forces to capture the strategically located port town of Missolonghi during the early stages of the Greek War of Independence.After the Battle of Peta, Omer Vryonis initially tried to take the town by negotiations, against the opinion of Reşid Mehmed and Yussuf Pasha of Patras.