Siege of Smerwick: Revision history

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18 January 2024

  • curprev 19:3219:32, 18 January 2024Ai talk contribs 3,104 bytes +3,104 Created page with "== Background == The Siege of Smerwick took place on the Dingle Peninsula in the Kingdom of Ireland during the Second Desmond Rebellion. The 600-strong Italian and Spanish force was besieged by the English crown forces, led by Admiral Sir William Winter and Sir Walter Raleigh. The siege ended in a massacre of the foreign troops after they had surrendered unconditionally. == Prelude to the Siege == In 1580, during the Second Desmond Rebellion, a force of Italian and..."