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Page 59
... Howard of Effing- ham , was in despair , and wrote to Walsingham and Burleigh begging for reinforcements , and com- plaining bitterly of the condition of the navy . In one thing the English people were strong , and that was in their ...
... Howard of Effing- ham , was in despair , and wrote to Walsingham and Burleigh begging for reinforcements , and com- plaining bitterly of the condition of the navy . In one thing the English people were strong , and that was in their ...
Page 60
... Howard was aided by the advice of the great English seamen , Drake , Hawkins , and Frobisher . Drake was appointed Vice - Admiral , and got together a fleet of sixty vessels at Ply- mouth . Most of these were volunteer barques manned ...
... Howard was aided by the advice of the great English seamen , Drake , Hawkins , and Frobisher . Drake was appointed Vice - Admiral , and got together a fleet of sixty vessels at Ply- mouth . Most of these were volunteer barques manned ...
Page 61
... Howard sailed out of Plymouth with sixty - seven vessels to await the coming of the Spaniards . Some of the fleet were off Dover , and vessels were scattered all along the south coast to keep watch . On the 20th of July , Howard saw the ...
... Howard sailed out of Plymouth with sixty - seven vessels to await the coming of the Spaniards . Some of the fleet were off Dover , and vessels were scattered all along the south coast to keep watch . On the 20th of July , Howard saw the ...
Page 63
... Howard to grapple with the enemy's ships and board them . Referring to this in his History of the World , Ralegh says : " Charles Lord Howard , Admiral of England , would have been lost in the year 1588 , if he had not been better ...
... Howard to grapple with the enemy's ships and board them . Referring to this in his History of the World , Ralegh says : " Charles Lord Howard , Admiral of England , would have been lost in the year 1588 , if he had not been better ...
Page 64
... Howard now saw that he could no longer avoid an engagement . If he was to strike a decisive blow at the Spaniards , he must do it before they were joined by Parma . On the 28th of July , therefore , he took eight of his worst and basest ...
... Howard now saw that he could no longer avoid an engagement . If he was to strike a decisive blow at the Spaniards , he must do it before they were joined by Parma . On the 28th of July , therefore , he took eight of his worst and basest ...
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