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Which other military campaigns did Miguel de Cervantes join after the Battle of Lepanto?
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Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes, engraving by E. Mackenzie after Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma; from The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography (1863).
After the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, Miguel de Cervantes continued his military service while based primarily in Naples. Between 1572 and 1575, he participated in a military expedition at Navarino and saw active combat in Tunis and La Goleta.1