They were incapable to resist Defending and after a short battle Hostile_encounter the Venetians began Process_start to flee Escaping to their ships in the port .

In their haste to escape Escaping many boats were overloaded Filling and sank Motion_directional and most Venetians drowned Death .

The Siege of Shkodra of 1478–79 was a confrontation Hostile_encounter between the Ottoman Empire and the Albanians and Venetians at Shkodra ( Scutari in Italian ) and its Rozafa Castle during the First Ottoman-Venetian War ( 1463–79 ) .

Skanderbeg , then ally of the Dukagjini family , moved Self_motion against several Venetian held Defending towns along the Albanian coastline , in order to pressure Convincing the Venetians into restoring Recovering Dagnum .

The Maniots caused Causation damage Damaging to the Ottomans by allying Collaboration with the Venetians whenever there was a war Military_operation between Venice and the Ottomans , and also habitually engaged Participation in piracy .

The Uskok War , also known as the War of Gradisca , was fought Hostile_encounter by the Austrians and Spanish on one side and the Venetians , Dutch and English on the other .

The Venetians launched Process_start a diplomatic campaign for allies , since the Uskoks were vassals of Archduke Ferdinand of Inner Austria ( who was likely to seek help from the Holy Roman Emperor Matthias—his uncle—and King Philip III of Spain , his brother-in-law .