siege of Candia
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The <entity_1> (modern <entity_3>, <entity_5>) was a military conflict in which <entity_2> forces besieged the Venetian-ruled city. The long duration of the <entity_6> and cost to the <entity_2> side, can be attritbuted to helping the decline of the <entity_2>, especially after the Great Turkish War. In response, 60,000 <entity_2> troops led by Yusuf Pasha disembarked on Venetian <entity_5> with no apparent target, with many suspecting them heading for Malta. The <entity_1> began in <entity_4>. The Venetians, in turn, sought to blockade the <entity_2>-held Dardanelles to prevent the resupply of the <entity_2> expeditionary force on <entity_5>. He, therefore, accepted terms and surrendered to Ahmed Köprülü, the Grand Vizier of the <entity_2> on <entity_0>. Data obtained from the Archives of the Venetian State, relating to an operation organized by the Venetian Intelligence Services, describes a plan aimed at lifting the <entity_6> by infecting the <entity_2> soldiers with plague; this was to be done by attacking them with a liquid made from the spleens and buboes of plague victims. The <entity_1> is an important part of the background to the historical novel An Instance of the Fingerpost, where a major protagonist is a Venetian veteran of that <entity_6> and several plot developments become clear through extensive flashbacks to the Candia events.
['battle', 'siege']