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1 posted on 10/06/2018 4:43:40 PM PDT by ebb tide
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2 posted on 10/06/2018 4:45:45 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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Lepanto is an interesting battle. Basically a battle between two armies fought on ship decks. The Turks outnumbered the Christians, but were overwhelmingly archers. The Christians were mostly heavy infantry in plate armor. Turks rained arrows on them as the ships approached, but with little effect. Once they closed the Christian soldiers cut through the Turks like a scythe through wheat.


4 posted on 10/06/2018 5:00:06 PM PDT by Hugin ("Not one step from his weapons should a traveler take"...Havamal 38)
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The battle in detail

Lepanto, 1571: The Battle that Saved Europe .

8 posted on 10/07/2018 12:31:05 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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Let us please not forget Don John of Austria who steeled the spirit of the coalition and lead them to victory.


10 posted on 10/07/2018 4:08:12 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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