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===Great Siege of Malta===
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In early 1565, Grandmaster [[Jean Parisot de Valette]] ordered the harvesting of all the crops in Malta, including unripened grain, to deprive the Ottomans of any local food supplies since spies had warned of an imminent Ottoman attack. Furthermore, the Knights [[well poisoning|poisoned all of the wells]] with bitter herbs and dead animals. The Ottomans arrived on 18 May, and the [[Great Siege of Malta]] began. The Ottomans managed to capture one fort but were eventually defeated by the Knights, the Maltese militia and a Spanish relief force.