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After four months of extremely savage fighting, the siege ended when [[Spanish]] forces landed in September, 1565.  The Turks retreated, having suffered heavy losses.  A few years later, the Turks suffered a further defeat at the naval battle of Lepanto.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09047a.htm]  The Knights held Malta until 1798 when they were forced to surrender by [[Napoleon Bonaparte]].

After four months of extremely savage fighting, the siege ended when [[Spanish]] forces landed in September, 1565.  The Turks retreated, having suffered heavy losses.  A few years later, the Turks suffered a further defeat at the naval battle of Lepanto.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09047a.htm]  The Knights held Malta until 1798 when they were forced to surrender by [[Napoleon Bonaparte]].

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