After the Turkish army entered the range of the allied gunboats, it was immediately bombarded violently, causing confusion in formation. But the Turkish fleet still entered the allied fleet and began to fire artillery and bows and arrows at them, but in firepower, they were far less than the allied rifles and artillery. In the coastal battlefield, although the left-wing commanders of the allied forces fell one after another, the Turks were rushed to the shore by the new allied command to panic in. On the central battlefield, the commanders of the two armies are evenly matched. Don Juan's boat was repeatedly jumped by Turkish soldiers, but it was repelled by musketeers. Alipasha was shot in the forehead and fell to the ground in the melee, and then his head was cut off by Spanish soldiers nearby, and the Turkish China army completely collapsed.
After four hours of fierce fighting, the fighting ended in the afternoon, and patra Bay was red with blood. The Ottoman fleet suffered a crushing defeat. Aribasha and 30,000 soldiers were killed, 8,000 people were captured and 230 ships were missing. The allied fleet lost 65,438+05,000 soldiers and 65,438+03 ships.
After the Battle of Lebanto, the Ottoman Turkish navy suffered heavy losses. The Ottoman fleet originally had about 300 warships, but only about 100 warships survived, many of which were seriously damaged. Although the allied forces won, they failed to drive the Ottoman Empire out of the Eastern Mediterranean due to the discord between the sacred allies. The Ottoman Empire only temporarily lost its maritime hegemony in the Mediterranean. Since then, the Turks have rebuilt their fleet in just one winter, and the number of ships has increased compared with that before the war. The Battle of Le Banto marked the end of rowing and the arrival of sailboats and naval artillery. After this battle, it is found that warships powered by sails are more mobile and more suitable for combat;