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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Capture of Mahdiye</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Part of <a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Habsburg_wars" title="Ottoman–Habsburg wars">Ottoman–Habsburg wars</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahdia_-_1535.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Mahdia_-_1535.jpg/300px-Mahdia_-_1535.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Mahdia_-_1535.jpg/450px-Mahdia_-_1535.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Mahdia_-_1535.jpg/600px-Mahdia_-_1535.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2423" data-file-height="2179" /></a></span><br />Mahdia in 1535. Engraving of 1575 by Braun and Hogenberg.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>28 June – 8 September 1550</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Mahdia" title="Mahdia">Mahdia</a>, present-day <a href="/wiki/Tunis" title="Tunis">Tunis</a></div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> Spanish victory</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Habsburg_Spain" title="Habsburg Spain">Spanish Empire</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Knights of Malta</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa" title="Republic of Genoa">Republic of Genoa</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders and leaders</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Doria" title="Andrea Doria">Andrea Doria</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bernardino_de_Mendoza_(Captain_General)" title="Bernardino de Mendoza (Captain General)">Bernardino de Mendoza</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Claude_de_la_Sengle" title="Claude de la Sengle">Claude de la Sengle</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <a href="/wiki/Turgut_Reis" class="mw-redirect" title="Turgut Reis">Turgut Reis</a><br /> Hesar</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Strength</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> 52 <a href="/wiki/Galley" title="Galley">galleys</a><br /> 28 <a href="/wiki/Carrack" title="Carrack">naos</a><br /> Unknown soldiers<sup id="cite_ref-Duro283_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro283-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> Unknown in Mahdia<br />3,700 Moors<br /> 800 Turks<br /> 60 cavalry<sup id="cite_ref-Duro283_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro283-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Casualties and losses</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> 500 killed and 1,000 wounded<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td 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href="/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_Croatian%E2%80%93Ottoman_War" title="Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War">Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War</a> (1527–1593)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suleiman_I%27s_campaign_of_1529" title="Suleiman I's campaign of 1529">Hungary</a> (1529)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Vienna_(1529)" title="Siege of Vienna (1529)">Vienna</a> (1529)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habsburg%E2%80%93Ottoman_wars_in_Hungary_(1526%E2%80%931568)" title="Habsburg–Ottoman wars in Hungary (1526–1568)">Little Wars in Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habsburg%E2%80%93Ottoman_war_of_1529%E2%80%931533" title="Habsburg–Ottoman war of 1529–1533">(1529–1533)</a> <a href="/wiki/Habsburg%E2%80%93Ottoman_war_of_1540%E2%80%931547" title="Habsburg–Ottoman war of 1540–1547">(1540–1547)</a> <a href="/wiki/Habsburg%E2%80%93Ottoman_war_of_1551%E2%80%931562" title="Habsburg–Ottoman war of 1551–1562">(1551–1562)</a> <a href="/wiki/Habsburg%E2%80%93Ottoman_war_of_1565%E2%80%931568" title="Habsburg–Ottoman war of 1565–1568">(1565–1568)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gy%C5%91r_(1577)" title="Battle of Győr (1577)">Győr</a> (1577)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bicske" title="Battle of Bicske">Bicske</a> (1578)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Turkish_War" title="Long Turkish War">Long War</a> (1593–1606)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bocskai_uprising" title="Bocskai uprising">Bocskai uprising</a> (1604–1606)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austro-Turkish_War_(1663%E2%80%931664)" title="Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664)">Austro-Turkish War</a> (1663–64)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Turkish_War" title="Great Turkish War">Great Turkish War</a> (1683–1699)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austro-Turkish_War_of_1716%E2%80%931718" class="mw-redirect" title="Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718">Austro-Turkish War</a> (1716–1718)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War_(1735%E2%80%931739)" title="Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)">Russo-Turkish War</a> (1735–1739)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austro-Turkish_War_(1788%E2%80%931791)" title="Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791)">Austro-Turkish War</a> (1788–91)</li></ul> <p><b>Mediterranean</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_the_Castle_of_Saint_George" title="Siege of the Castle of Saint George">Cephalonia</a> (1500)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_raid_on_the_Balearic_Islands_(1501)" title="Ottoman raid on the Balearic Islands (1501)">Balearics</a> (1501)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algiers_expedition_(1516)" title="Algiers expedition (1516)">1st Algiers</a> (1516)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Tlemcen_(1518)" title="Fall of Tlemcen (1518)">Tlemcen</a> (1518)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algiers_expedition_(1519)" title="Algiers expedition (1519)">2nd Algiers</a> (1519)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n_of_Algiers_(1529)" title="Capture of Peñón of Algiers (1529)">3rd Algiers</a> (1529)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Formentera" title="Battle of Formentera">Formentera</a> (1529)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campaign_of_Cherchell_(1531)" title="Campaign of Cherchell (1531)">Cherchell</a> (1531)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Coron_(1533%E2%80%931534)" title="Siege of Coron (1533–1534)">Coron</a> (1533–1534)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Tunis_(1534)" title="Conquest of Tunis (1534)">1st Tunis</a> (1534)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Tunis_(1535)" title="Conquest of Tunis (1535)">2nd Tunis</a> (1535)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sack_of_Mah%C3%B3n" title="Sack of Mahón">Mahón</a> (1535)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Preveza" title="Battle of Preveza">Preveza</a> (1538)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Castelnuovo" title="Siege of Castelnuovo">Castelnuovo</a> (1539)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Girolata" title="Battle of Girolata">Girolata</a> (1540)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Albor%C3%A1n" title="Battle of Alborán">Alborán</a> (1540)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algiers_expedition_(1541)" title="Algiers expedition (1541)">4th Algiers</a> (1541)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Nice" title="Siege of Nice">Nice</a> (1543)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expedition_to_Mostaganem_(1543)" title="Expedition to Mostaganem (1543)">1st Mostaganem</a> (1543)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sack_of_Lipari" title="Sack of Lipari">Lipari</a> (1544)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sack_of_Naples" title="Sack of Naples">Naples</a> (1544)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expedition_to_Mostaganem_(1547)" title="Expedition to Mostaganem (1547)">2st Mostaganem</a> (1547)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sack_of_Cullera" title="Sack of Cullera">Cullera</a> (1550)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mahdia</a> (1550)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Gozo_(1551)" title="Invasion of Gozo (1551)">1st Gozo</a> (1551)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Tripoli_(1551)" title="Siege of Tripoli (1551)">Tripoli</a> (1551)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ponza_(1552)" title="Battle of Ponza (1552)">Ponza</a> (1552)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Corsica_(1553)" title="Invasion of Corsica (1553)">Corsica</a> (1553–1559)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sack_of_Vieste" title="Sack of Vieste">Viste</a> (1554)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_B%C3%A9ja%C3%AFa_(1555)" title="Capture of Béjaïa (1555)">Béjaïa</a> (1555)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Oran_(1556)" title="Siege of Oran (1556)">Oran</a> (1556)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_invasion_of_the_Balearic_Islands_(1558)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman invasion of the Balearic Islands (1558)">Balearics</a> (1558)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expedition_to_Mostaganem_(1558)" title="Expedition to Mostaganem (1558)">3rd Mostaganem</a> (1558)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Djerba" title="Battle of Djerba">Djerba</a> (1560)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sieges_of_Oran_and_Mers_El_K%C3%A9bir" title="Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir">Orán and Mers-el-Kébir</a> (1563)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n_de_V%C3%A9lez_de_la_Gomera_expedition_(1563)" title="Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera expedition (1563)">1st Peñón de Vélez de la 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href="/wiki/Action_of_26_September_1575" title="Action of 26 September 1575">Cadaqués</a> (1575)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sack_of_Lanzarote_(1586)" title="Sack of Lanzarote (1586)">Lanzarote</a> (1586)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chios_expedition_(1599)" title="Chios expedition (1599)">Chios</a> (1599)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hammamet" title="Battle of Hammamet">Hammamet</a> (1605)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_29_June_1609" title="Action of 29 June 1609">1nd La Goulette</a> (1609)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Corvo" title="Battle of Cape Corvo">Cape Corvo</a> (1613)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_May_1612" title="Action of May 1612">2nd La Goulette</a> (1612)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_%C5%BBejtun" title="Raid on Żejtun">Malta</a> (1614)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Celidonia" title="Battle of Cape Celidonia">Cape Celidonia</a> (1616)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Constantinople" title="Raid on 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href="/wiki/Conquest_of_the_Pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n_de_V%C3%A9lez_de_la_Gomera_(1508)" title="Conquest of the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (1508)">Morocco (1508)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_Oran_(1509)" title="Spanish conquest of Oran (1509)">Algeria (1509)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_B%C3%A9ja%C3%AFa_(1510)" title="Capture of Béjaïa (1510)">Algeria (1510)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_Tripoli" title="Spanish conquest of Tripoli">Tripoli (1510)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_assault_on_Djerba_(1510)" title="Spanish assault on Djerba (1510)">Tunisia (1510)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93Ta%C3%ADno_War_of_San_Juan%E2%80%93Borik%C3%A9n" title="Spanish–Taíno War of San Juan–Borikén">Puerto Rico (1511–29)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algiers_expedition_(1516)" title="Algiers expedition (1516)">Algeria (1516)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Tlemcen_(1518)" title="Fall of Tlemcen (1518)">Algeria (1517–18)</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n_de_V%C3%A9lez_de_la_Gomera_expedition_(1525)" title="Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera expedition (1525)">Morocco (1525)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_Yucat%C3%A1n" title="Spanish conquest of Yucatán">Yucatán (1527–1697)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n_of_Algiers_(1529)" title="Capture of Peñón of Algiers (1529)">Algeria (1529)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campaign_of_Cherchell_(1531)" title="Campaign of Cherchell (1531)">Algeria (1531)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Inca_Empire" title="Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire">Peru (1532–72)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Tunis_(1534)" title="Conquest of Tunis (1534)">Tunisia (1534)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iguape_War" title="Iguape War"> Brazil (1534-36)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_expedition_to_Tlemcen_(1535)" title="Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (1535)">Algeria (1535)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Tunis_(1535)" title="Conquest of Tunis (1535)">Tunisia (1535)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Muisca" title="Spanish conquest of the Muisca">Colombia (1537–40)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algiers_expedition_(1541)" title="Algiers expedition (1541)">Algeria (1541)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expedition_to_Mostaganem_(1543)" title="Expedition to Mostaganem (1543)">Algeria (1543)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Jailolo" title="Attack on Jailolo">Halmahera (1545)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arauco_War" title="Arauco War">Chile (1546–1662)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expedition_to_Mostaganem_(1547)" title="Expedition to Mostaganem (1547)">Algeria (1547)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Tunisia (1550)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Tripoli_(1551)" title="Siege of Tripoli (1551)">Libya (1551)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_B%C3%A9ja%C3%AFa_(1555)" title="Capture of Béjaïa (1555)">Algeria (1555)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Oran_(1556)" title="Siege of Oran (1556)">Algeria (1556)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expedition_to_Mostaganem_(1558)" title="Expedition to Mostaganem (1558)">Algeria (1558)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Djerba" title="Battle of Djerba">Tunisia (1560)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calchaqu%C3%AD_Wars" title="Calchaquí Wars">Argentine Northwest (1560–1667)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sieges_of_Oran_and_Mers_El_K%C3%A9bir" title="Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir">Algeria (1563)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n_de_V%C3%A9lez_de_la_Gomera_expedition_(1563)" title="Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera expedition (1563)">Morocco (1563)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n_de_V%C3%A9lez_de_la_Gomera" class="mw-redirect" title="Conquest of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera">Morocco (1564)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93Moro_conflict" title="Spanish–Moro conflict">Philippines (1565–1898)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_assault_on_French_Florida" title="Spanish assault on French Florida">Florida (1565)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_revolts_against_Spain" title="Philippine revolts against Spain">Philippines (1567–72)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Tunis_(1573)" title="Conquest of Tunis (1573)">Tunisia (1573)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Tunis_(1574)" title="Conquest of Tunis (1574)">Tunisia (1574)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castilian_War" title="Castilian War">Brunei (1578)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ternate_expedition_(1582)" title="Ternate expedition (1582)">Insulindia (1582)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ternate_expedition_(1585)" title="Ternate expedition (1585)">Insulindia (1585)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambodian%E2%80%93Spanish_War" title="Cambodian–Spanish War">Cambodia (1593–97)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_San_Juan_(1595)" title="Battle of San Juan (1595)">Puerto Rico (1595)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mindanao_expedition" title="Mindanao expedition">Philippines (1596)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pinos" title="Battle of Pinos">Cuba (1596)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_San_Juan_(1598)" title="Battle of San Juan (1598)">Puerto Rico (1598)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_of_Visayas_(1599-1600)" class="mw-redirect" title="Raid of Visayas (1599-1600)">Philippines (1599-1600)</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>17th century</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jolo_expedition_(1602)" title="Jolo expedition (1602)">Philippines (1602)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ternate_expedition_(1603)" title="Ternate expedition (1603)">Insulindia (1603)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hammamet" title="Battle of Hammamet">Tunisia (1605)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Moluccas" title="Spanish conquest of the Moluccas">Moluccas (1606)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehdya,_Morocco#Spanish_occupation_(1614–81)" title="Mehdya, Morocco">Morocco (1614)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_Pet%C3%A9n" title="Spanish conquest of Petén">Petén (1618–97)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recapture_of_Bahia" title="Recapture of Bahia">Brazil (1625)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_expedition_to_Formosa" title="Spanish expedition to Formosa">Taiwan (1626)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_St._Kitts_(1629)" title="Battle of St. Kitts (1629)">St. Kitts <b>·</b> Nevis (1629)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jolo_expedition_(1630)" title="Jolo expedition (1630)">Philippines (1630)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Abrolhos" title="Battle of Abrolhos">Brazil (1631)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Salvador_(1638)" title="Siege of Salvador (1638)">Brazil (1638)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_occupation_of_Jolo_(1638)" title="Spanish occupation of Jolo (1638)">Philippines (1638-46)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_12%E2%80%9317_January_1640" title="Action of 12–17 January 1640">Brazil (1640)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_San_Salvador_(1641)" title="Battle of San Salvador (1641)">Taiwan (1641)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_San_Salvador_(1642)" title="Battle of San Salvador (1642)">Taiwan (1642)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_expedition_to_Valdivia" title="Dutch expedition to Valdivia">Chiloé <b>·</b> Valdivia (1643)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battles_of_La_Naval_de_Manila" title="Battles of La Naval de Manila">Philippines (1646)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Fort_Rocher" title="Capture of Fort Rocher">Tortuga (1654)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Santo_Domingo_(1655)" title="Siege of Santo Domingo (1655)">Hispaniola (1655)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Jamaica" title="Invasion of Jamaica">Jamaica (1655)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ocho_Rios" title="Battle of Ocho Rios">Jamaica (1657)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rio_Nuevo" title="Battle of Rio Nuevo">Jamaica (1658)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Morgan%27s_raid_on_Porto_Bello" title="Henry Morgan's raid on Porto Bello">Porto Bello (1668)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Morgan%27s_raid_on_Lake_Maracaibo" title="Henry Morgan's raid on Lake Maracaibo">Lake Maracaibo (1669)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Morgan%27s_Panama_expedition" title="Henry Morgan's Panama expedition">Panama (1671)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pueblo_Revolt" title="Pueblo Revolt">New Mexico (1680–92)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Larache_(1689)" title="Siege of Larache (1689)">Morocco (1689)</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>18th century</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Anne%27s_War" title="Queen Anne's War">North America (1702–13)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huilliche_uprising_of_1712" title="Huilliche uprising of 1712">Chiloé (1712)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Nassau_(1720)" title="Raid on Nassau (1720)">Bahamas (1720)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mapuche_uprising_of_1723" title="Mapuche uprising of 1723">Chile (1723–1726)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_Oran_(1732)" title="Spanish conquest of Oran (1732)">Oran (1732)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93Portuguese_War_(1735%E2%80%931737)" title="Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–1737)">Banda Oriental (1735–37)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_Jenkins%27_Ear" title="War of Jenkins' Ear">Caribbean and North America (1739–48)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantastic_War" title="Fantastic War">Iberian Peninsula and South America (1762–63)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_invasion_of_Portugal_(1762)" title="Spanish invasion of Portugal (1762)">Portugal (1762)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Cevallos_expedition" title="First Cevallos expedition">Banda Oriental and Rio Grande do Sul (1762–63)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Havana" title="Siege of Havana">Cuba (1762)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_R%C3%ADo_San_Juan_de_Nicaragua" title="Battle for Río San Juan de Nicaragua">Nicaragua (1762)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_(1762)" title="Battle of Manila (1762)">Philippines (1762)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mapuche_uprising_of_1766" title="Mapuche uprising of 1766">Chile (1766–1767)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Algiers_(1775)" title="Invasion of Algiers (1775)">Algiers (1775)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93Portuguese_War_(1776%E2%80%931777)" title="Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–1777)">Banda Oriental (1776–1777)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spain_and_the_American_Revolutionary_War" title="Spain and the American Revolutionary War">North America (1779–83)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebellion_of_T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II" title="Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II">Peru (1780–82)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Comuneros_(New_Granada)" title="Revolt of the Comuneros (New Granada)">New Granada (1781)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombardment_of_Algiers_(1783)" title="Bombardment of Algiers (1783)">Algiers (1783)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombardment_of_Algiers_(1784)" title="Bombardment of Algiers (1784)">Algiers (1784)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huilliche_uprising_of_1792" title="Huilliche uprising of 1792">Chile (1792)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Spanish_War_(1796%E2%80%931808)" title="Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)">Caribbean (1796–1802)</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>19th century</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_invasions_of_the_River_Plate" title="British invasions of the River Plate">Río de la Plata (1806–07)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_American_wars_of_independence" title="Spanish American wars of independence">Spanish America (1808–33)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bolivian_War_of_Independence" title="Bolivian War of Independence">Bolivia (1809–25)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_War_of_Independence" title="Argentine War of Independence">Argentina (1810–18)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Florida_Controversy" title="West Florida Controversy">Florida (1810)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraguay_campaign" title="Paraguay campaign">Paraguay (1810–11)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_War_of_Independence" title="Mexican War of Independence">Mexico (1810–21)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_War_of_Independence" title="Peruvian War of Independence">Peru (1811–24)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1811_Independence_Movement" title="1811 Independence Movement">El Salvador (1811)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Las_Piedras_(1811)" title="Battle of Las Piedras (1811)">Uruguay (1811)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_War_of_Independence" title="Venezuelan War of Independence">Venezuela (1811–23)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilean_War_of_Independence" title="Chilean War of Independence">Chile (1812–27)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_reconquest_of_New_Granada" title="Spanish reconquest of New Granada">Colombia (1815–16)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bol%C3%ADvar%27s_campaign_to_liberate_New_Granada" title="Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada">Colombia (1819–20)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecuadorian_War_of_Independence" title="Ecuadorian War of Independence">Ecuador (1820–22)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_attempts_to_reconquer_Mexico" title="Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico">Mexico (1821–29)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_expedition_to_Balanguingui" title="Spanish expedition to Balanguingui">Balanguingui (1848)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cochinchina_campaign" title="Cochinchina campaign">Cochinchina (1858–62)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispano-Moroccan_War_(1859%E2%80%931860)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–1860)">Morocco (1859–1860)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Restoration_War" title="Dominican Restoration War">Dominican Republic (1863–65)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chincha_Islands_War" title="Chincha Islands War">Peru and Chile (1864–66)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grito_de_Lares" title="Grito de Lares">Puerto Rico (1868)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Years%27_War" title="Ten Years' War">Cuba (1868–78)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_War_(Cuba)" title="Little War (Cuba)">Cuba (1879–80)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Melillan_campaign" title="First Melillan campaign">Morocco (1893–94)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_War_of_Independence" title="Cuban War of Independence">Cuba (1895–98)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Revolution" title="Philippine Revolution">Philippines (1896–98)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_campaign" title="Puerto Rico campaign">Puerto Rico (1898)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Guam" title="Capture of Guam">Guam (1898)</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>20th century</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Melillan_campaign" title="Second Melillan campaign">Morocco (1909)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kert_campaign" title="Kert campaign">Morocco (1911–12)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rif_War" title="Rif War">Morocco (1920–26)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ifni_War" title="Ifni War">Morocco (1957–58)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_insurgency" title="Sahrawi insurgency">Western Sahara (1973–76)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_March" title="Green March">Western Sahara (1975)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <p>The <b>capture of Mahdia</b> was an <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare" title="Amphibious warfare">amphibious military operation</a> that took place from June to September, 1550, during the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Habsburg_wars#War_in_the_Mediterranean" title="Ottoman–Habsburg wars">struggle between the Ottoman Empire and the Spanish Habsburgs for the control of the Mediterranean</a>. A Spanish naval expedition under the command of the Genoese <a href="/wiki/Condottiero" title="Condottiero">condottiero</a> and admiral <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Doria" title="Andrea Doria">Andrea Doria</a> and the Spaniard <a href="/wiki/Bernardino_de_Mendoza_(Captain_General)" title="Bernardino de Mendoza (Captain General)">Bernardino de Mendoza</a>, supported by the Knights of Malta under their Grand Master <a href="/wiki/Claude_de_la_Sengle" title="Claude de la Sengle">Claude de la Sengle</a>, besieged and captured the Ottoman stronghold of <a href="/wiki/Mahdia" title="Mahdia">Mahdia</a> or Mahdiye, defended by the Ottoman Admiral <a href="/wiki/Turgut_Reis" class="mw-redirect" title="Turgut Reis">Turgut Reis</a>, known as <i>Dragut</i>, who was using the place as a base for his piratical activities throughout the Spanish and Italian coasts. Mahdia was abandoned by Spain three years later, and all its fortifications were demolished to avoid a re-occupation of the city by the Ottomans. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Capture_of_Mahdia_(1550)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Africa_North_1620,_Gerardus_Mercator_(4158870-recto).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Africa_North_1620%2C_Gerardus_Mercator_%284158870-recto%29.jpg/220px-Africa_North_1620%2C_Gerardus_Mercator_%284158870-recto%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Africa_North_1620%2C_Gerardus_Mercator_%284158870-recto%29.jpg/330px-Africa_North_1620%2C_Gerardus_Mercator_%284158870-recto%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Africa_North_1620%2C_Gerardus_Mercator_%284158870-recto%29.jpg/440px-Africa_North_1620%2C_Gerardus_Mercator_%284158870-recto%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6684" data-file-height="5479" /></a><figcaption>Map of the <a href="/wiki/Barbary_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbary States">Barbary States</a> by <a href="/wiki/Gerard_Mercator" class="mw-redirect" title="Gerard Mercator">Gerard Mercator</a>. Originally published by <a href="/wiki/Jodocus_Hondius" title="Jodocus Hondius">Jodocus Hondius</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1550 the <a href="/wiki/Hafsid_dynasty" title="Hafsid dynasty">Hafsid kingdom of Tunis</a>, which stretched from the east of modern <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> to the west of modern <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a>, was mired in anarchy, ruled by a council of chieftains that fought each other and none of whom recognized the authority of the Sultan of Tunis, <a href="/wiki/Abu_al-Abbas_Ahmad_III" title="Abu al-Abbas Ahmad III">Abu al-Abbas Ahmad III</a>, who had deposed and blinded his father <a href="/wiki/Abu_Abdallah_Muhammad_V_al-Hasan" title="Abu Abdallah Muhammad V al-Hasan">Hasan</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Protégé">protégé</a> of the Emperor <a href="/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles V</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lane-Poole100_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lane-Poole100-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the spring of 1550, taking advantage of the situation, the Ottoman admiral Turgut Reis, with the aid of one of the local leaders, took control of the coastal town of Mahdia,<sup id="cite_ref-Lane-Poole100_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lane-Poole100-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> located atop a rock advanced into the sea and defended by two circles of walls with towers and a citadel encircled by a moat.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro281_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro281-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1546, Turgut Reis, also known as <i>Dragut</i>, had organized a fleet of 25 <a href="/wiki/Brigantine" title="Brigantine">brigantines</a> and harassed the <a href="/wiki/Calabria" title="Calabria">Calabrian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Naples" title="Kingdom of Naples">Neapolitan</a> coasts as part of a campaign that culminated in the capture of Mahdia.<sup id="cite_ref-Frers117_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frers117-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fearing that the town would become a base for the <a href="/wiki/Barbary_corsairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbary corsairs">Barbary corsairs</a>, which threatened the Christian shipping in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Mediterranean">Western Mediterranean</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperor</a> Charles V, supported by the <a href="/wiki/Papacy" class="mw-redirect" title="Papacy">Papacy</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Knights of Malta</a>, decided to organize an expedition to capture the city.<sup id="cite_ref-Lane-Poole100_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lane-Poole100-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The command of the enterprise was entrusted to the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa" title="Republic of Genoa">Genoese</a> admiral Andrea Doria and to Bernardino de Mendoza, Captain General of the galleys of Spain. They led a fleet of 52 <a href="/wiki/Galley" title="Galley">galleys</a> and 28 <a href="/wiki/Carrack" title="Carrack">naos</a> which carried on board an army led by Captain General Juan de la Vega, Viceroy of Sicily, and siege weapons and supplies provided by de la Vega himself and the Viceroy of Naples.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro282_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro282-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Expedition">Expedition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Capture_of_Mahdia_(1550)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Expedition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Siege">Siege</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Capture_of_Mahdia_(1550)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Siege"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Spanish fleet set sail to Mahdia on 24 June 1550 and arrived there four days later. The city was defended by the nephew of Turgut Reis, Hesar, who had spent two months locking cattle and storing rice and <a href="/wiki/Beans" class="mw-redirect" title="Beans">beans</a> enough to feed the city for a year, in anticipation of being under siege.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro281_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro281-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The landing of the Spanish troops took place under the protection of the galleys' cannons and out of Mahdia's gun reach.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro282_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro282-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within hours the Ottoman <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a> were driven out of a hill they occupied, and to the next day the city was completely surrounded by <a href="/wiki/Trench" title="Trench">trenches</a> dug six hundred meters from the walls.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro282_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro282-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Luis Pérez de Vargas, mayor of the castle of <a href="/wiki/La_Goulette" title="La Goulette">La Goulette</a>, who was in command of the Spanish artillery, ordered to install several heavy pieces on the hill occupied the previous day to cover the locations of the 18 lighter pieces that had detached to beat the walls.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro282_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro282-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same day the first assault was launched, but it was repelled because the <a href="/wiki/Moat" title="Moat">moat</a> had not been filled.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro282_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro282-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite advancing the artillery close to the walls and improving the trenches, the besiegers, harassed continuously by sallies of the Ottoman garrison, did not make significant progresses in the following days.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro282_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro282-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ottoman_relief">Ottoman relief</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Capture_of_Mahdia_(1550)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ottoman relief"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrea_Doria.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Andrea_Doria.jpg/160px-Andrea_Doria.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Andrea_Doria.jpg/240px-Andrea_Doria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Andrea_Doria.jpg/320px-Andrea_Doria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="741" data-file-height="1078" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_Andrea_Doria_(Sebastiano_del_Piombo)" title="Portrait of Andrea Doria (Sebastiano del Piombo)">Portrait of Andrea Doria</a>, c. 1520, by <a href="/wiki/Sebastiano_del_Piombo" title="Sebastiano del Piombo">Sebastiano del Piombo</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Turgut Reis received news of the siege while he was plundering the coast of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Valencia" title="Kingdom of Valencia">Valencia</a>. After being repelled by the inhabitants of <a href="/wiki/Alzira,_Valencia" class="mw-redirect" title="Alzira, Valencia">Alzira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sueca_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sueca (city)">Sueca</a>, and other villages, the Ottoman admiral sailed along the <a href="/wiki/Barbary" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbary">Barbary</a> Coast calling for help and money to pay an army to relief Mahdia.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro282_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro282-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bey of Tunis and the chieftain of <a href="/wiki/Caruan" class="mw-redirect" title="Caruan">Caruan</a> refused to help him, but he managed to assemble a force composed of 3,700 Moors, 800 Turks, and 60 <a href="/wiki/Sipahi" title="Sipahi">sipahis</a>, which his fleet disembarked near Mahdia under cover of night. He also sent a man who swam through the Spanish blockade and entered into Mahdia to inform his nephew Hesar.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro283_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro283-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At dawn on 25 July 1550, Turgut Reis's troops, hidden in an <a href="/wiki/Olive_grove" class="mw-redirect" title="Olive grove">olive grove</a>, attacked the Spanish along with Mahdia's garrison, which made an unexpected sallie.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro283_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro283-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They managed to penetrate the trenches and the besieging camp, but the Spanish troops, with artillery support from the galleys, decimated and forced them back into Mahdia's walls.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro283_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro283-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Turgut Reis took refuge in his galleys and retired to <a href="/wiki/Djerba" title="Djerba">Djerba</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lane-Poole100_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lane-Poole100-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the victory, the Christian losses were high. Among the dead was the commander of the Spanish artillery, Luis Pérez de Vargas.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro283_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro283-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="End_of_the_siege">End of the siege</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Capture_of_Mahdia_(1550)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: End of the siege"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the failed attack by the defenders, the Christian commanders ordered four galleys to patrol the area during the night to prevent further attacks. Several others were also sent to <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> carrying the wounded and ill soldiers and requests for replacements and ammunition, which were provided from <a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florence" title="Florence">Florence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lucca" title="Lucca">Lucca</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Genoa" title="Genoa">Genoa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro283_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro283-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pending receipt of them, the siege engineers remained looking for the weakest points of Mahdia's defenses. It was <a href="/wiki/Garc%C3%ADa_%C3%81lvarez_de_Toledo,_4th_Marquis_of_Villafranca" class="mw-redirect" title="García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca">García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca</a>, who had the idea of bombing the walls from the sea, forming a <a href="/wiki/Floating_battery" title="Floating battery">gun battery</a> on two galleys previously deforested and united to each other with hangers and planks. Nine pieces of artillery were settled on the platform, which was protected by shields and parapet, prior to anchoring the galleys off the walls.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro283_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro283-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 September 1550, the guns of García Álvarez de Toledo's galleys, along with the land batteries and of the other naval artillery, opened fire on the city. The <a href="/wiki/Bombardment" title="Bombardment">bombardment</a>, which did not end until two days later, opened large gaps in Mahdia's defenses.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro284_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro284-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then, at the orders of their officers, the Spanish soldiers stormed the fortifications in three different points. One attack was repulsed, but the other two overwhelmed the defenders and surprised the remaining Ottoman troops from their <a href="/wiki/Rear_(military)" title="Rear (military)">rear</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro284_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro284-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last defenders resisted inside the towers for a while, but they were finally defeated. Governor Hesar was captured, and about 7,000 Mahdia's soldiers and civilians were killed or captured.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro284_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro284-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Capture_of_Mahdia_(1550)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sancho de Leyva remained in Mahdia in command of a Spanish garrison until 1553.<sup id="cite_ref-Duro284_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duro284-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Charles V offered the charge of the town to the Knights of Malta but they refused it, so he ordered it to be dismantled despite it being a strategically important stronghold.<sup id="cite_ref-Houtsma_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Houtsma-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The demolition tasks were carried out by Hernando de Acuña. Shortly after Mahdia was reoccupied by the Ottomans, but only to live by fishing and oil-works.<sup id="cite_ref-Houtsma_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Houtsma-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town remained under Turkish rule until the 19th century. <a href="/wiki/Suleiman_the_Magnificent" title="Suleiman the Magnificent">Sultan Suleiman</a>, meanwhile, considered that Charles had broken the <a href="/wiki/Truce_of_Adrianople" class="mw-redirect" title="Truce of Adrianople">Truce of Adrianople</a> and ordered Turgut Reis to resume the war against the Christians.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After summoning up Turkish reinforcements he returned to the Barbary coast in August 1551, and <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Tripoli_(1551)" title="Siege of Tripoli (1551)">succeeded</a> in capturing <a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Libya" title="Tripoli, Libya">Tripoli</a> from the Knights of Malta. In 1560 he helped to defeat a Christian fleet at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Djerba" title="Battle of Djerba">battle of Djerba</a>, but failed in an effort to take <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>, a failure that, together with that of the Ottoman governor of Algiers before <a href="/wiki/Sieges_of_Oran_and_Mers_El_K%C3%A9bir" title="Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir">Oran ans Mers El Kébir</a>, allowed the <a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_the_Pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n_de_V%C3%A9lez_de_la_Gomera_(1564)" title="Conquest of the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (1564)">capture</a> in 1564 by Spain of <a href="/wiki/Pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n_de_V%C3%A9lez_de_la_Gomera" title="Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera">Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera</a>, a Christian success which was followed in 1565 by the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(1565)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Malta (1565)">decisive defense</a> of <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> against the fleet of Turgut Reis.<sup id="cite_ref-Sánchez_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sánchez-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Capture_of_Mahdia_(1550)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-Duro283_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Duro p.283</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Galindo y de Vera, p. 179</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Duro284-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Duro284_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Duro284_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Duro284_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Duro284_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Duro284_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Duro p.284</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lane-Poole100-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Lane-Poole100_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lane-Poole100_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lane-Poole100_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lane-Poole100_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lane-Poole p.100</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Duro281-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Duro281_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Duro281_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Duro p.281</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Frers117-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Frers117_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Frers p.117</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Duro282-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Duro282_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Duro282_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Duro282_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Duro282_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Duro282_7-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Duro282_7-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Duro282_7-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Duro p.282</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Houtsma-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Houtsma_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Houtsma_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Houtsma p.122</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tracy p.233</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sánchez-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Sánchez_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sánchez Doncel p.180</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Capture_of_Mahdia_(1550)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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