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==Battle==
 
==Battle==
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Spanish novelist [[Miguel de Cervantes]], hit three times at Lepanto by gunfire which ruined his left hand, called it "the most noble and memorable event that past centuries have seen or future can ever hope to witness."<ref> Cervantes also has Don Quixote cry out, "Blessed be those happy ages that were strangers to the dreadful fury of these devilish instruments of artillery, whose inventor I am satisfied is now in hell, receiving the reward of his cursed invention."  </ref>  
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Spanish novelist [[Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|Cervantes]], hit three times at Lepanto by gunfire which ruined his left hand, called it "the most noble and memorable event that past centuries have seen or future can ever hope to witness."<ref> Cervantes also has Don Quixote cry out, "Blessed be those happy ages that were strangers to the dreadful fury of these devilish instruments of artillery, whose inventor I am satisfied is now in hell, receiving the reward of his cursed invention."  </ref>  
    
Don John split his fleet into three squadrons and took personal command of the center with some sixty galleys. The right and left, under Gianandrea Doria and Admiral Barbarigo respectively, each had about sixty ships. Two reserve flotillas sailed behind them.  
 
Don John split his fleet into three squadrons and took personal command of the center with some sixty galleys. The right and left, under Gianandrea Doria and Admiral Barbarigo respectively, each had about sixty ships. Two reserve flotillas sailed behind them.  
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