Difference between revisions of "The Great Siege of Malta"

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-'''The Great Siege of Malta''' began in 1565 when the [[Turk]]ish [[Ottoman]] [[Sultan]] [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] sent a naval force with 40,000 soldiers to capture the Island of [[Malta]] from the Christian [[Knights of St. John]](now known as [[The Order of Malta]]).
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-When the Turks landed they first attacked the small fort of St. Elmo.  They beheaded and crucified some of the Christian defenders.  The Christian leader, [[Jean Parisot De La Vallette]], ordered all Turkish prisoners to be beheaded and their heads used as cannonballs.  Thus he ensured that there would be no surrender to the Turks.
-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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