Raid on Bone

The Raid on Bone was a hit and run operation by the Knights of Saint Stephen and Tuscan troops against the Algerian town of Bône in 1607.

470 Muslims were killed and 1,464-2,000 Muslims, both male and female, were enslaved and brought back to Tuscany.^[1]^[2] The Tuscans suffered just 47 casualties. The enterprise was the greatest amphibious operation completed by the Order of Saint Stephen.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Hattendorf, John B.; Unger, Richard Watson (2002). War at Sea in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Boydell Press. p. 182. ISBN 9780851159034.
^ Salzmann, Ariel (2013-09-04). "Migrants in Chains: On the Enslavement of Muslims in Renaissance and Enlightenment Europe". Religions. 4 (3): 391–411. doi:10.3390/rel4030391. ISSN 2077-1444. For the cleric who compiled the list of the Knights of St. Stephen's valiant victories, it mattered little how the human prizes were wrested from Islam: the sack of the city of Bone/Annaba in Algeria in 1607 was qualified as the "most glorious enterprise ... ever undertaken." It resulted, he bragged, in the carrying off of 2000 Muslims, mainly civilians, of both sexes to Livorno ([40], p. 138; [41,42]).

Bibliography

Gemignani, Marco (1994). "La conquista di Bona". Società di Storia Militare. 2: 7–36.

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[hattendorf-1] Hattendorf, John B.; Unger, Richard Watson (2002). War at Sea in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Boydell Press. p. 182. ISBN 9780851159034.

[2] Salzmann, Ariel (2013-09-04). "Migrants in Chains: On the Enslavement of Muslims in Renaissance and Enlightenment Europe". Religions. 4 (3): 391–411. doi:10.3390/rel4030391. ISSN 2077-1444. For the cleric who compiled the list of the Knights of St. Stephen's valiant victories, it mattered little how the human prizes were wrested from Islam: the sack of the city of Bone/Annaba in Algeria in 1607 was qualified as the "most glorious enterprise ... ever undertaken." It resulted, he bragged, in the carrying off of 2000 Muslims, mainly civilians, of both sexes to Livorno ([40], p. 138; [41,42]).

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