**The besieging bands from east to west consisted of: Apokoronas (EOK) under Major Liodis, up to 600 men; Sphakia (EOK) under Major Voloudakis, up to 240 men; 5th ELAS Division under Colonel Kondekas, up to 1,250 strong; Lakkoi (EOK) under Colonel Antoni Papadakis, up to 300 strong; Selino under Major Marketakis, up to 500 strong; Kissamou under Colonel Kaisakis, up to 500 strong.