[DOC] [TLE] Battle of Lepanto - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement taking place on 7 October 1571 
in which a fleet ... The victory of the Holy League prevented the Ottoman Empire 
from expanding further along the European side of the Mediterranean. Lepanto 
..... This Turkish defeat stopped Ottomans' expansion into the Mediterranean, thus
... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Lepanto | 1571 | Britannica.com [PAR] Mar 12, 2015 ... Battle of Lepanto, (October 7, 1571), naval engagement in the waters off ... 
France and the Holy Roman Empire were preoccupied with the sweeping ... The 
Turkish fleet, initially in a crescent across the bay, adopted a similar... [DOC] [TLE] The Battle that Saved the Christian West | Catholic Answers [PAR] As a result, 1571, the year of the battle of Lepanto, the most important naval ... the 
victory at Lepanto, the battle that saved the Christian West from defeat at the 
hands ... the Viziers of the Divan of the Ottoman Empire assembled to urge their 
sultan to ... The Turks sailed for Malta in the spring of 1565, and on May 18, their 
fleet... [DOC] [TLE] How the 1571 Battle of Lepanto saved Europe [PAR] The Turks who took over the Arab world expanded their empire in all four 
directions on the map. ... So it was that in the pleasant springtime of 1571, an 
entire Muslim fleet under Ali ... ritual cruelties on the defeated population of 
Nicosia, setting fire to churches, ... The Greatest Sea Battle in History: Lepanto, 
October 1571. [DOC] [TLE] Lepanto, 1571: The Battle That Saved Europe - Crisis Magazine [PAR] Dec 1, 2006 ... Lepanto, 1571: The Battle That Saved Europe ... Corsairs raided from North 
Africa; the Sultan's massive fleet anchored the eastern Mediterranean; and 
Islamic ... In Spain, the other great pillar of the Habsburg Empire was Philip II. ... 
But Philip trusted that Spain was well equipped to defeat the Mussulmen. [DOC] [TLE] battle of Lepanto facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] The Battle of Lepanto took place on 67 October 1571 between the Catholic Holy 
... This defeat occurred only one month after the shattering Ottoman defeat of ... 
Empire rebuilt virtually the entire fleet that it had lost at Lepanto within a year. [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Lepanto [PAR] The naval Battle of Lepanto took place on 7 October 1571 at the northern edge of 
... A galley fleet of the Holy League, a sometimes-flimsy coalition of Pope Pius V, 
Spain ... Naples, the Knights of Malta and others, defeated a force of Ottoman 
galleys. ... The Ottoman Empire immediately began a massive effort to rebuild 
their... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Lepanto in the Ottoman Habsburg Wars - Military History [PAR] The Battle of Lepanto was fought in 1571 and saw the forces of the Holy League 
... The Holy League defeated the Ottomans at Lepanto on October 7, 1571. ... 
assembled a large fleet to confront the growing menace of the Ottoman Empire. [DOC] [TLE] The Significance of Lepanto  Quadrant Online [PAR] Apr 1, 2008 ... The Battle of Lepanto has a major place in the symbolism of the Western-Islamic 
... Fought on October 7, 1571, it saw the fleet of the Ottoman empire pitted ... If the 
Ottomans had won then there was a real possibility that an... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Lepanto - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] The Battle of Lepanto took place on October 7, 1571 when a galley fleet of the ... 
and the Habsburgs, decisively defeated the main fleet of Ottoman war galleys. .... 
Indeed, the Empire lost all but 30 of its ships and as many as 30,000 men, and... [DOC] [TLE] The Battle of Lepanto | Net Wars [PAR] Aug 15, 2007 ... ... a numerically superior Ottoman Fleet at the Battle of Lepanto on October 7th, 
1571. ... The Ottomans remained the wealthiest empire in Europe and continued 
to ... Lepanto was the first major naval battle won by cannons. [DOC] [TLE] The Rosary Dealt a Crushing Defeat to the Muslims in the Battle of ... [PAR] At that very moment, at dawn on October 7, 1571-- as Vatican Archives

Question: This empire's fleet was defeated in the 1571 Battle of Lepanto
Answer: the Ottoman Empire