Battle of the Dardanelles (1657)

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The Fourth Battle of the Dardanelles in the Fifth Ottoman-Venetian War took place between 17 and 19 July 1657 outside the mouth of the Dardanelles Strait.[1] The Ottomans succeeded in breaking the Venetian blockade over the Strait.[1]

Venice's navy had been positioned at the south of the narrows during the engagement. A strong northerly wind had given the Turkish a favorable position.[1]

References

  1. 1.[1.2][1.3]Setton, Kenneth M. (1991). Venice, Austria, and the Turks in the seventeenth century. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. ISBN 978-0-87169-192-7.