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Picture caption: The Spanish and English ships battling to the bitter end.

The defeat of the Spanish Armada


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So you may be wondering what brought about


the Spanish downfall. Well there were many “I know l have the body of
factors to their defeat the most prominent to be
the weather as they were hit by a raging storm
a weak and feeble women
without the necessary things for survival. But but I have the heart and
furthermore the other reasons ranged from
Philip not being able to keep his fleet a secret to stomach of a king and a
the pure superiority of the English ships and the
way they maneuvered around all of the Spanish king of England to.”
feeble attempts at attack. - Queen Elizabeth I

England’s best move by far was probably when the set


fire to eighty ships and let them drift toward the
Spanish Armada and they couldn’t flee quick enough
to stop the boats from doing any damage. Another
The Spanish started out with 25,000 in there great attack was when the English chased the Spanish
fleet but at the end only 10,000 made it home all the way around Scotland and the Spanish either hit
safely. the rocks and splintered the ships or they got caught in
the bad weather and drowned.

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