Invasion of Gozo (1551)

Invasion of Gozo
	Part of the Ottoman-Habsburg wars; Ottoman-Maltese wars
	; The Cittadella of Gozo in 2015
Date	July 1551
Location	Malta and Gozo
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Order of Saint John; Maltese civilians
Commanders and leaders
Sinan Pasha; Salah Rais; Dragut	Juan de Homedes; Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon; Gelatian de Sessa (POW)
Strength
10,000	10,000, mostly civilians
Casualties and losses
Unknown	5-6,000 enslaved

The Invasion of Gozo took place in July 1551, and was accomplished by the Ottoman Empire against the island of Gozo, following an unsuccessful attempt to conquer nearby Malta on 18 July 1551. It was followed by a victorious campaign with the siege of Tripoli.^[4]

^ Concise History of Islam Muzaffar Husain Syed, Syed Saud Akhtar, B D Usmani Vij Books India Pvt Ltd,
^ A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East Spencer C. Tucker ABC-CLIO,—
^ Historical Dictionary of Malta Uwe Jens Rudolf Rowman & Littlefield,
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[1] Concise History of Islam Muzaffar Husain Syed, Syed Saud Akhtar, B D Usmani Vij Books India Pvt Ltd,

[2] A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East Spencer C. Tucker ABC-CLIO,—

[3] Historical Dictionary of Malta Uwe Jens Rudolf Rowman & Littlefield,

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