 On 14 November, Karaiskakis broke off the siege after receiving news that Mustafa Bey's 2,000-man army (including 300 cavalrymen) had begun its descent from Livadeia towards Amfissa, in order to relieve the latter's garrison and protecting the Ottoman gunpowder dump at Atalanti; putting the Greek forces in the area in grave danger.On the early morning of 16 November, Karaiskakis reached the Hosios Loukas monastery, spending the rest of the day there.Shortly before the dawn of 17 November, Greek troops set camp at Distomo.