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On This Day In History, The Battle of Lepanto
Alex's Military History ^

Posted on 10/07/2003 7:04:41 AM PDT by Valin

Don John's hunting, and his hounds have bayed--
Booms away past Italy the rumour of his raid.
Gun upon gun, ha! ha!
Gun upon gun, hurrah!
Don John of Austria
Has loosed the cannonade.

In 1571, Don John of Austria commanding the fleet of the Holy League, met the Ottoman Turks in the waters at the mouth of the Gulf of Patros. Here,where the Peleponnese meets the Morea, the basis of Western civilation had been laid thousands of years before in the city states of ancient Greece.
When the smoke cleared after a hard fought naval engagement, thousands of men would be dead, the Turkish fleet broken and the Christian powers freed from the fear of the Mediterranean ever becoming a Muslim lake.

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To: rrstar96
Amen

Ave Maria Virgo Fidelis!

Actually the words I posted, 'Give me an army praying the rosary and I will conquer the world,' were the words of one of the Popes. I could not however find the book from where I had read it.

21 posted on 10/07/2003 9:37:11 AM PDT by Cap'n Crunch (Pray the Rosary!)
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To: Valin
One additional plus of the Muslim defeat at Lepanto:

http://www.internetwines.com/lepanto.html
22 posted on 10/07/2003 9:50:25 AM PDT by Pilsner
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To: skeeter
Oh really, I missed the History Channel last night. I've always found Richard to be an interesting figure in English history - on the third crusade and everything. I would have liked to have seen it -- even if it was biased
23 posted on 10/07/2003 10:46:38 AM PDT by afuturegovernor
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To: Valin
bump
24 posted on 10/07/2003 1:14:01 PM PDT by Steve0113
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To: Cannoneer No. 4
Noy said the cannoneer on the castle wall
Iron, cold iron, shall be master of you all.
25 posted on 10/07/2003 1:18:02 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard
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To: Valin
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26 posted on 10/07/2006 12:05:42 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Salvation

Horray for me! :-)


27 posted on 10/07/2006 12:19:31 PM PDT by Valin (http://www.irey.com/)
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