Singeing the King of Spain's Beard
Singeing the King of Spain's Beard is the name derisively given to the attack in April and May 1587 in the Bay of Cádiz, by the English privateer Francis Drake against the Spanish naval forces assembling at Cádiz. Much of the Spanish fleet was destroyed, and substantial supplies were destroyed or captured. There followed a series of raiding parties against several forts along the Portuguese coast. A Spanish treasure ship, returning from the Indies, was also captured. The damage caused by the English delayed Spanish plans to invade England by more than a year, yet did not dispel them.
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Singeing the King of Spain's Beard
Singeing the King of Spain's Beard is the name derisively given to the attack in April and May 1587 in the Bay of Cádiz, by the English privateer Francis Drake against the Spanish naval forces assembling at Cádiz. Much of the Spanish fleet was destroyed, and substantial supplies were destroyed or captured. There followed a series of raiding parties against several forts along the Portuguese coast. A Spanish treasure ship, returning from the Indies, was also captured. The damage caused by the English delayed Spanish plans to invade England by more than a year, yet did not dispel them.
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Angielski atak na Kadyks – sta ...... zinach walk Anglicy odpłynęli.
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En abril y mayo de 1587, en el ...... les de invasión de Inglaterra.
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La première expédition de Drak ...... ans le port espagnol de Cadix.
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Singeing the King of Spain's B ...... year, yet did not dispel them.
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100 ships destroyed, captured or sunk
combatant
*Portugal under Philip of Spain
Elizabethan England
Habsburg Spain
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date
1587-07-06
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English victory
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22,303,374
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Drake's map of his attack on Cádiz.
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Unknown but many to disease
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Angielski atak na Kadyks – sta ...... ęt admiralski, statki handlowe
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En abril y mayo de 1587, en el ...... les de invasión de Inglaterra.
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La première expédition de Drak ...... ans le port espagnol de Cadix.
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Singeing the King of Spain's B ...... year, yet did not dispel them.
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Atak na Kadyks (1587)
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Expedición de Drake de 1587
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Première expédition de Drake
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Singeing the King of Spain's Beard
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Singeing the King of Spain's Beard
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