text: ) The Venetians who had availed themselves of the anarchy reigning at Constantinople to occupy Tenedos and Lemnos so as to blockade the Dardanelles were dislodged by the activity of the vizir who directed the sieges in person bestowing honours and rewards on the soldiers most distinguished for their bravery; and though the Turkish fleet was defeated (July 17 1657) at the entrance of the straits the Venetians sustained an irreparable loss in their valiant admiral Mocenigo who was blown up with his ship by a well-aimed shot from one of the batteries on shore