Chapter V: Lepanto. A. D. 1571

A Momentous Battle that Decides the Sovereignty of Eastern
Europe; Naval Events Preceding Lepanto; Turkish Encroachments;
Pope Pius V Forms a League Against Them; Siege and Capture of
Famagousta by the Turks; Barbarities of Mustapha; Christian
Europe Aroused; Assembly of the Pontifical Fleet and Army; Don
John, of the Spanish Squadron, Placed in Chief Command; Resolves
to Seek and Attack the Ottoman Fleet; Encounters the Enemy in a
Gulf on the Albanian Coast; Character of Don John; Preparations
for Battle; Strength of his Fleet; A Magnificent Scene; The
Turkish Fleet; Ali Pasha in Command; The Battle Opens; Desperate
Fighting at all Points, Barberigo, of the Venetian Fleet, Badly
Wounded; Two Renowned Seamen Face to Face; Uluch Ali Captures the
Great “Capitana” of Malta; The Galley of Don John Encounters that
of Ali Pasha; They Collide; Terrible Hand-to-Hand Fighting;
Bravery of a Capuchin Friar; The Viceroy of Egypt Killed; Ali
Pasha Killed; His Galley Captured; Dismay among the Turks; Uluch
Ali Gives the Signal for Retreat; Terrible Loss of Life in the
Battle; Christian Slaves Liberated; The Turkish Fleet Almost
Annihilated; Alexander Farnese; Cervantes; Fierce Storm; Two Sons
of Ali Prisoners; Don John and Veniero; Division of the Spoils;
The _Te Deum_ at Messina; Joy Throughout Christendom; Colonna in
Rome; The Great Ottoman Standard; Decline of the Ottoman Empire. I-56