Attack on Zuwarah
| Attack on Zuwarah (1552) | |||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars | |||||||
Zuwarah on the west of Libya. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Hospitaller Malta | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Leone Strozzi (WIA) Tommaso Cilia Guimeran De Valette | Murad Agha | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1,300 men 16 Galleys | 4,000 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy | Unknown | ||||||
The Attack on Zuwarah was a military expedition launched by Knights Hospitallers of Malta to sack the Libyan city of Zuwarah. The attack ended in a fiasco for the Maltese knights, who sustained heavy losses.