An Account Of The Most Important And Interesting Religious Events: Which Have Transpired From The Commencement Of The Christian Era To The Present Time (1834)
An Account Of The Most Important And Interesting Religious Events: Which Have Transpired From The Commencement Of The Christian Era To The Present Time (1834)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 Excerpt: ...she exhorted the soldiers to remember their duty to their country and their God, declaring that she would rather perish in battle than survive the ruin and slavery of her people. The armada, after sailing from Lisbon, suffered considerably from storms; but the damages being repaired, the Spaniards again put to sea. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 Excerpt: ...she exhorted the soldiers to remember their duty to their country and their God, declaring that she would rather perish in battle than survive the ruin and slavery of her people. The armada, after sailing from Lisbon, suffered considerably from storms; but the damages being repaired, the Spaniards again put to sea. Effingham, admiral of the English fleet, who was stationed at Plymouth, had just time to get out of port, when he saw the armada advancing, towards him, disposed in the form of a crescent, and stretching the distance of seven miles, from one extremity to the other. As the armada advanced up the channel, the English hung on its rear, and soon found that the great size of the Spanish ships was no advantage to them. Their bulk exposed them the more to the enemy's fire, while their cannon, placed too high, passed over the heads of the English. The armada had now reached Calais, and cast anchor, in expectation that the duke of Parma would put to sea and join them. The English admiral, however, filling eight of his smaller ships with combustible materials, sent them one after another into the midst of the enemy. The Spaniards were so much alarmed, that they immediately cut their cables, and fled with the greatest precipitation. The English, whose fleet now amounted to one hundred and forty sail, fell upon them next morning, while in confusion; and besides doing great damage to other ships, they took or destroyed about twelve of the enemy. The Spanish admiral, defeated in many rencounters, and perceiving the inevitable destruction of his fleet, prepared to return homewards; but conducting his shattered ships by the circuitous route of Scotland and Ireland, a violent tempest overtook them near the Orkneys. Many of the vessels were wrecked on the western ...
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