Battle of Lepanto (1500)

Battle of Lepanto (1500)

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Modon
partof=the Ottoman-Venetian Wars (1499-1503)


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date=1500
place=Modon, Ionian Sea
result=Ottoman victory
combatant1=flag|Venice|name=Republic of Venice
combatant2=
commander1=?
commander2=Kemal Reis
strength1=?
strength2=?

The Second Battle of Lepanto (or Battle of Modon) took place in August 1500 during the 1499-1503 Ottoman-Venetian Wars between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice. The Ottomans, who had won the Battle of Zonchio (First Battle of Lepanto / Battle of Sapienza) the previous year, were again victorious under Admiral Kemal Reis.

In December 1499 the Venetians attacked Lepanto with the hope of regaining the territories which they lost with the Battle of Zonchio. Kemal Reis set sail from Cefalonia and retook Lepanto from the Venetians. He stayed in Lepanto between April and May 1500, where his ships were repaired by an army of 15,000 Ottoman craftsmen who were brought from the area. From there Kemal Reis set sail and bombarded the Venetian ports on the island of Corfu, and in August 1500 he once again defeated the Venetian fleet. He bombarded the fortress of Modon from the sea and captured the town. He later engaged with the Venetian fleet off the coast of Coron and captured the town along with a Venetian brigantine. From there he sailed towards the Island of Sapientza (Sapienza) and sank the Venetian galley "Lezza". In September 1500 Kemal Reis assaulted Voiussa and in October he appeared at Cape Santa Maria on the Island of Lefkada before ending the campaign and returning back to Istanbul in November.

With the Battle of Modon, the Turkish fleet and army quickly overwhelmed most of the Venetian possessions in Greece.

Modon and Coron, the "two eyes of the Republic", were lost. Turkish cavalry raids reached Venetian territory in northern Italy, and, in 1503, Venice again had to seek peace, recognizing the Turkish gains.

ee also

* History of the Turkish Navy

References

* [http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/articles/dotson1.htm Frederic C. Lane: "Venice, A Maritime Republic" (Baltimore, 1973)]
*Salvatore Bono: "Corsari nel Mediterraneo" ("Corsairs in the Mediterranean"), Oscar Storia Mondadori (Perugia, 1993)


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