eight Ottoman warships, which failed when the Ottoman galleys towed their sailing ships out of action. The action lasted between about 14:30 and 19:00, when approaching darkness and lack of wind stopped the battle. The Venetian fleet sailed south and anchored in a line just north of the town, with direction from northwest to southeast, with the Turks slightly to the north near Butrint. Venetian casualties were 70 killed and 130 wounded—Anderson gives 116 killed and 250 wounded—while Ottoman casualties were much heavier, with some prisoners putting them as high a 1,300 men. Corner also claimed to have sunk two ships of the line, a galleon and two galliots, but in reality no ship was sunk during the battle. This battle, although itself indecisive, showed that the Turkish sailing fleet could be faced, if not necessarily beaten, even if in superior numbers. Aftermath On 10 July, the Turks resumed crossing troops to the island, and for the next 6 weeks the fleets largely sat idle even while battle raged continuously on land between the Turks and the troops protecting the town. Pisani sailed up the west coast of the island, returning with the new 80-gun battleship Leone Trionfante, two troopships containing 1,500 troops and a cargo ship containing food. On 21 July the Maltese reinforcements of four ships of the line, five galleys and two small craft arrived, followed on 31 July by four Papal, five Spanish, three Tuscan and two Genoese galleys and four hired Papal ships of the line. There was some attempt to attack, but this was not carried out largely due to lack of wind, and all that was done was to use galleys to support an assault from the town on 18/19 August. This failed, and there was a Turkish counter-assault. On 21 August, six Spanish battleships, under the Marquis de Mari, arrived, and on the same day the Turkish cavalry re-embarked. On 25 August the Turks sailed to the northern channel, leaving on 26 August. References Sources , pp. 325–326 1716 in the Ottoman Empire 18th century in Greece Conflicts in 1716 1716 1716 History of Corfu 1716 Venetian rule in the Ionian Islands