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Never of this man before! Roger of Lauria. Naval combat commander his record worthy of comparison to a Nelson or Ushakov.

"The Battle of Malta: A Naval Genius Emerges"

From https://www.usni.org/magazines | the article by Eric Mills |  August 2023.

Battle of Malta [1283] not to be confused with the Siege of Malta [1565] or events as transpired Malta, the Second World War.

"The annals of medieval warfare record a conflict of especial interest to those who love sea history—for every important clash in this war was a naval battle. And from it, there arose a figure who stands out as the greatest naval commander of the High Middle Ages, a seemingly natural-born tactician who never suffered a defeat and whom some historians speak of in the same breath as the likes of Nelson and Lysander."

"And if Roger of Lauria is less of a household name than those other titans, it is because the war in which he blazed such a victorious course is shrouded in the mists of the byzantine medieval Mediterranean power-politics of a long-gone century."

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"That aftermath of the Battle of Malta: "Fourteen of the 19 Angevin galleys had been destroyed; more than 3,500 Angevins were killed and 1,000 captured. Roger’s casualties were under 300, and he lost none of his 18 galleys."

Roger his illustrious naval career continuing without defeat after Malta:

"And after Malta—at Castellammare in 1284, at Les Formigues and the Col de Panissars in 1285, at the Battle of the Counts in 1287, at Cape Orlando in 1299, at Ponza in 1300"

Victory in all circumstances. Roger unrecognized as one the few unbeaten military commanders in history. In the entire history of naval warfare Roger of Luria does comport himself favorably to a Nelson or Ushakov.

Roger a master of the feigned retreat. Also using tactics that in modern parlance would be referred to as Rope-a-dope: "Rope-a-dope: is a boxing fighting technique that involves one contender leaning against the ropes of the boxing ring and drawing non-injuring offensive punches, letting the opponent tire himself out."

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