"Christian victory" . . . . . "Ottoman siege of 1565" . . "2,500 (6,100 including militia, servants, and galley slaves)" . . . "an Ottoman attempt to take Malta" . "Malta:" . . . . "Spanish Empire" . "Papal States" . . "25,000\u201335,000 killed in combat and from disease" . "* 600 Knights Hospitaller" . . . . . "1565-09-11" . "Great Siege of Malta" . "Duchy of Florence" . . . "the Great Siege" . "Great Siege of 1565" . "the Knights Hospitaller defeated the Ottomans" . . . . "failure" . . . . . "Great Siege" . "Great Siege of Malta" . . . "Gran Soccorso" . "Great siege" . . . . . "* 900 soldiers from the Spanish Empire" . . . . . . "24pxOttoman Empire" . . . . . "Relief force:" . "turned on the new base" . . . . . "Ottoman Empire" . . . "35,000\u201340,000" . . . "siege of Malta" . . . . . "1565" . . "Spain" . "1565 invasion of Malta" . . "the siege of 1565" . "* 800 soldiers from Italian states outside of the empire" . "The Siege of Malta, 1565" . "laid siege" . . "Siege of Malta" . . . . "an attempt to take Malta" . . . . . . "* 200 unaffiliated soldiers from Sicily and Greece" . . .