Dan Snow
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15,236 appearances
105 recordings
11 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 2d ago
Dan Snow’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The invaders made what would be really their last serious assault in early August, when they attacked Burgu and the nearby town of Sanglia simultaneously.
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The Ottomans, amazingly, did breach the walls, and there was bloody hand-to-hand combat in the streets.
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It seemed for a while they'd got the upper hand, but the knights retaliated with cunning.
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A commander at the inland Maltese fortress capital of Medina sent a very small Maltese cavalry force to raid an Ottoman field hospital and supply camp.
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Rumours spread quickly through the Ottoman ranks that a large relief army had arrived.
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The Ottoman commander, Mustafa Pasha, broke off the assault and the Ottomans retreated on the very verge of victory.
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As August drew to a close, the Ottomans and knights were fighting a war of attrition, both struggling with disease, food shortages and mountain casualties.
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The Ottomans were also on the back foot because they'd lost some of the most experienced field commanders, like the formidable Dragut.
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It seemed neither side would be able to force a decisive breakthrough.
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Then, on the 7th of September, 1565, relief arrived.
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8,000 Spanish, Italian and Sicilian troops sent by Don Garcia under the auspices of Philip II of Spain landed on Malta from nearby Sicily and marched towards the exhausted Ottoman army.
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The knights had been begging for reinforcements for weeks, but it was better late than never.
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So the release force arrives right at the beginning of September and that must have been a devastating blow to the Ottomans.
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So they've lost their commander, the other side are being strengthened.
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Do they just abandon the siege or do they surrender?
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What happens to the Ottoman forces?
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What do you think that meant at the time?
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so it wasn't a decisive defeat for them
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