The Household of the Emperor 200 Noblesse 150 Knights of Malta 150 Servants 400 German Corps 6,000 Italians 5,000 Spanish from Naples and Sicily 6,000 Soldiers from Spain 400 Adventurers 3,000 Italian Cavalry 1,000 Spanish Cavalry from Sicily 400 Light Cavalry 700 —————— Total Army 23,900 ====== We next come to the Armament of the Fleet: Soldiers of the Galleys (50 in each) 3,250 Galley Slaves (average 70 in each) 4,500 ” ” The Frigate of Malta 80 540 sailing ships of all sorts, mostly small (at an average of 10 each) 4,500 —————— Total _Personnel_ of the Fleet 12,330 Add Army 28,900 —————— Total _Personnel_ of the Expedition. 36,230 men. ====== It was late autumn when the expedition at last set sail, and the imperious temper of Charles was such that he refused to be governed by the advice of the seasoned mariners, such as Andrea and Antony Doria, and others who dreaded the effect of the gales which the armada was likely to encounter on the coast of Africa. The Emperor was not to be gainsaid, and the fleet set sail. They arrived, says Sandoval, “en el dia de San Hieronymo,” Saint Bartholomew’s day; and there then arose such a storm as the Mediterranean seldom sees. Some of the army had landed, some were still afloat, the corsairs accounted for the luckless soldiers ashore, the elements destroyed many left in the ships: 26 ships and 4,000 men were lost. Bitterly mortified, Charles, who had personally displayed valour and conduct of unusual distinction in this disastrous expedition, returned to Europe to turn his attention to his everlasting quarrels with the King of France. Meanwhile Don Hugo de Moncada had escaped with a remnant of his forces to Iviza, in the Balearics, where he wintered, and where his men mutinied because he was unable to pay them. As there was depression almost amounting to despair in the camps of Christendom, so was there concurrently the widest rejoicing in the tents and on board of the galleys which flew the Moslem flag. What mattered it that it was the elements which had saved Kheyr-ed-Din from annihilation? was it not a cause the more for jubilation, as had not the Prophet of God himself come to the assistance of those who were upholding his holy standard? Were not his favours made manifest in that he had sent, to lead his votaries to victory, such an one as Kbeyr-ed-Din Barbarossa?