Disaster of Puerto Lope | |||||||
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Part of the Spanish Reconquista | |||||||
The location of Puerto Lope | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Crown of Castile Order of Calatrava | Emirate of Granada | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Martín Yáñez de Barbudo † | Muhammad VII of Granada | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
6,300 men |
5,000 knights 120,000 infantry (exaggeration) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3,600 killed 1,200 captured 1,500 escaped | 500 killed |
The Battle of Puerto Lope or Disaster of Puerto Lope[1] was a military engagement between the Granadan forces and the Castilian Crusaders who invaded Granada. The battle ended in victory for the Granadans and the destruction of the Crusader forces.