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... fleet of 300 ships ; he defeated the French navy with immense loss , and landed in Flanders . But on this occasion the dispute was procrastinated by a truce for several years . The en- mity , however , was too deadly to admit of a final ...
... fleet of 300 ships ; he defeated the French navy with immense loss , and landed in Flanders . But on this occasion the dispute was procrastinated by a truce for several years . The en- mity , however , was too deadly to admit of a final ...
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... fleet , which , on account of its prodigious strength , was called " The Invincible Armada , " was completed in 1588 . The The English fleet , at this time , consisted only of twenty - eight sail , most of which were very small ves ...
... fleet , which , on account of its prodigious strength , was called " The Invincible Armada , " was completed in 1588 . The The English fleet , at this time , consisted only of twenty - eight sail , most of which were very small ves ...
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... fleet was stationed at Ply- mouth ; while a smaller fleet , consisting of forty ves- sels , under the command of Lord Seymour , lay off Dunkirk , in order to intercept the forces commanded by the Duke of Parma . Twenty thousand land ...
... fleet was stationed at Ply- mouth ; while a smaller fleet , consisting of forty ves- sels , under the command of Lord Seymour , lay off Dunkirk , in order to intercept the forces commanded by the Duke of Parma . Twenty thousand land ...
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... fleet sailed from Lisbon , on the 29th of May ; but being overtaken with a dreadful tempest , it was obliged to put into the Groyne , having received considerable damage . After a delay of two months , the Armada sailed once more to ...
... fleet sailed from Lisbon , on the 29th of May ; but being overtaken with a dreadful tempest , it was obliged to put into the Groyne , having received considerable damage . After a delay of two months , the Armada sailed once more to ...
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... fleet were soon after taken by Sir Francis Drake ; and , while the enemy advanced slowly up the Channel , the En- glish followed their rear , and harassed them with perpetual skirmishes . The Spaniards now began to abate in their ...
... fleet were soon after taken by Sir Francis Drake ; and , while the enemy advanced slowly up the Channel , the En- glish followed their rear , and harassed them with perpetual skirmishes . The Spaniards now began to abate in their ...
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