[1] He heard reports of a large Ottoman navy consisting of 68 ships in the Levant.

The prince decided to do something against this and launched an attack against the Tunisian city of Soussa to take it as a base.

The prince mustered up an armada of 56 galleys, consisting of 17 from Naples, 7 from Sicily, 14 from Genoa, 6 from Tuscany, 5 from Malta, 4 from Papal states, and 3 from Spain.

[6] Seeing the many men who were being killed and wounded and that there was no one to set off the fireworks, the Tunisians charged at the Christians.

The Prince attempted to land artillery to fight back, but the generals argued that their numbers are smaller compared to the Tunisians, so it was decided to retreat and reembark, which was done in good order, although some Tunisians attacked the retreating Christians.