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To: LS
Kool.

"The engagement was a significant defeat for the Ottomans, who had not lost a major naval battle since the fifteenth century. The defeat was mourned by them as an act of Divine Will, contemporary chronicles recording that "the Imperial Fleet encountered the fleet of the wretched infidels and the will of God turned another way.""

May Allah continue to dissappoint.

25 posted on 09/12/2013 7:25:37 PM PDT by Paladin2 (h)
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To: Paladin2

Actually, about one fourth of the Christian fleet, including two heavy-gun gal leases, did not even engage. The undermanned and outnumbered Christian fleet won with 3/4 of its force.


27 posted on 09/13/2013 4:34:05 AM PDT by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
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