Modon and Coron: Venice loses its forward eyes

Kemal Reis followed Lepanto by striking a chain of Venetian positions and vessels around Greece. At Modon, Ottoman bombardment and capture denied the Venetian fleet use of a critical facility. Modon and Coron were known as the republic's two eyes because they supported forward intelligence gathering and observation of maritime movement. Their loss blinded Venice along a route essential to its eastern Mediterranean system. With those forward positions gone, Ottoman cavalry raids reached Venetian territory in northern Italy.