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Raid on La Goulette (1615)
| Raid on La Goulette (1615) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Ottoman–Habsburg wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg){kind=small} Spanish Empire |
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Ottoman_Tunisia_(1685).svg){kind=small} Eyalet of Tunis&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Algiers.jpg){kind=small} Regency of Algiers | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Francisco de Rivera | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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3 galleons 1 tartane | 19 armed ships | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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3 dead 30 wounded |
4 vessels captured Several vessels damaged | ||||||
The raid on La Goulette of 1615 was a naval attack by Spanish Ensign Francisco de Rivera on La Goulette, the main port of Ottoman Tunisia. After chasing Barbary pirates from Sicily to La Goulette, Rivera entered their harbor and captured several ships before escaping.[1]
- ^ Salvá, Miguel (1864). Collección de Documentos Inéditos para la Historis de España (PDF). Madrid: Imprenta de la Viuda de Calero. p. 364. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
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