Siege of Tripoli (1551) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Siege of Tripoli occurred in 1551 when the Ottomans besieged and vanquished the Knights of Malta in the fortress of Tripoli, modern Libya. The Spanish Habsburgs had established a fort in Tripoli in 1510 under Charles V, and remitted it the Knights in 1530. The siege culminated in a six-day bombardment and the surrender of the city on August 15. The siege of Tripoli succeeded an earlier attack on Malta in July, which was repelled, and the successful Invasion of Gozo (1551), in which 5,000 Christians captives were taken and brought on galleys to the location of Tripoli. The siege was the first step of the all-out Italian War of 1551-1559 in the European theater, and in the Mediterranean the French galleys of Marseilles were ordered to join the Ottoman fleet.