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Pic: Lifting of the siege of Rhodes, August 1480 by Odier, Edouard-Alexandre
>Held off the Muslims for almost 3 months, with almost no food and little water
>Crusaders were 2,000 and knights of the Hospitallers numbered 500 vs. Ottoman Muslim fleet of 160 ships and 70,000 men
>Muslims suffered 9,000 dead and 15,000 wounded. The Christian losses were few.
>Grand master of the Hospitaller knights led the attacks himself against Muslims despite multiple wounds
>In an eventual counter attack from the Crusaders the Turks fled
>The Hospitallers reached as far as the Viziers tent and captured the holy standard of Islam
Decisive Christian victory