Nikolaos Davelis

Nikolaos Davelis (Greek: Νικόλαος Νταβέλης) was a significant Greek participant in the Macedonian Struggle.

Biography

Davelis was bornt was bornt and rose in Livadia, Kilkis in the 1880s. His family was well known for their national war participations which dates back to 1821. He formed an armed group whose he was the leader. He collaborated with his fellow soldiers Stergios Naoum, Anastasios Bellis Kulina and Nikolaos Nessios. He also worked with Konstantinos Garefis several times. In 1906, in the Battle of Valia Siaca, between Livadia and Ossiani (nowadays Archangel), he was arrested with other Macedonomachoi by the Ottoman authorities and imprisoned in Heptapyrgion of Thessaloniki. In 1908, with the revolution of the Young Turks, a general amnesty was granted and in result he got liberated.