Two hours before dawn on 6 July 1614, a considerable Turkish force of sixty ships (including 52 galleys) under the command of Khalil Pasha[REF] tried to land at Marsaxlokk Bay, but were repelled by the artillery from the newly constructed St. Lucian Tower.
Some of the Ottomans went to attack St. Lucian Tower, while the rest of the force pillaged the village of Żejtun, which had been abandoned by its inhabitants after they heard about the attack.