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Uluç Ali was forced to flee with 16 galleys and 24 galliots, abandoning all but one of his captures.

During the course of the battle, the Ottoman Commander's ship was boarded and the Spanish tercios from 3 galleys and the Ottoman Janissaries from seven galleys fought on the deck of the Sultana.

Twice the Spanish were repelled with heavy casualties, but at the third attempt, with reinforcements from Álvaro de Bazán's galley, they took the ship.

Müezzinzade Ali Pasha was killed and beheaded, against the wishes of Don Juan.

However, when his severed head was displayed on a pike from the Spanish flagship, it contributed greatly to the destruction of Turkish morale.

Even after the battle had clearly turned against the Turks, groups of Janissaries still kept fighting with all they had.

It is said that at some point the Janissaries ran out of weapons and started throwing oranges and lemons at their Christian adversaries, leading to awkward scenes of laughter among the general misery of battle.