The preparations and the arrival to Crete In consultation with the Greek government Dimitrios Petropoulakis, officer of the Greek army from Rahes Githion made an appeal for volunteers in order to go to Crete and to reinforce the struggle for freedom. The departure of 800 volunteers, the 600 of whom were Maniots, took place at … Συνεχίστε να διαβάζετε το THE FIRST CAMPAIGN TO CRETE OF VOLUNTEER MANIOTS HEADE BY DIMITRIOS PETROPOULAKIS (1866-67).