Fresco paintings of the Great Siege Batterie alle poste di Castiglia e d'Alemagna. A di 9 Luglio 1565

Arrival of the Turkish Armada. The map of Malta depicts the activity which took place when the Turkish armada arrived off Malta on the 18th May 1565

The bombardment of the Post of Castille. The Knights made little effort to conceal the arrival of reinforcements and taunted the Turks with their success. Mustapha ordered an intense bombardment of Birgu. At the same time he offered the Grand Master terms of surrender similar to those accepted by L'Isle Adam in Rhodes. La Valette contemptuously refused the offer.