Sack of Miltona (1501)

Sack of Miltona
This image of the Siege supposedly shows Captain of the Watch Rafael Navarro defending the walls of the city. This is very romanticised as both Navarro and the Corsairs would have much worse quality armour and weapons. Additionally, while Navarro eventually died in battle leading his men, he was not the kind to lead an out of wall offensive himself.
Date	June 29 - July 9 1501
Location	Middleton Island, Brunant
Result	The Corsairs defeat the Miltona Watch and sacked the town.
Belligerents
Miltona	Barbary Corsairs
Commanders
Rafael Navarro	Hamid Bin Bekir
Strength
100 Miltona Watch members 400 armed townsmen	750 Corsairs
Casualties and losses
350 Men Killed 250 Men and Women taken prisoner More than 500 women raped	220 (dead and wounded)

The 1501 Sack of Miltona was one of several sieges of Miltona. At the command of Kemal Reis, Moqqadim Hamid Bin Bekir led some 750 corsairs to attack the city, possibly in revenge for the loss of 1407. The Corsairs besieged the town using cannons and after 9 days they successfully took the town, leading to much looting, violence and destruction. This led to the death of both Captain of the Watch Rafael Navarro and Mayor Antonio Ena, as well as a fundamental change in the Middleton Psyche.

Background

In 1407 Corsair Ali Karam decided that Middleton Island would make a good base for pirate operations against Brunant and its Venetian allies. His attempts to