failure on the part of the designers of the Spanish artillery to obtain information about the time it took to reload and re-position heavy guns during battle, compared with the performance of the smaller and more responsive artillery of the British forces, that ultimately cost him the campaign....
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1975. The Movement of the Armed Forces (Movimento das Forcas Armadas, MFA) assumes a formal role in the government by establishing a single trade union confederation and starting to reform economic and social life. Heavy industry and banking are nationalized and large agricultural holdings are exp...
Spanish Armada As relations between England and Spain grew even worse, Queen Elizabeth unleashed Drake on the Spaniards in 1585 and 1586. Drake captured several Spanish cities and inflicted great damage on Spanish morale. Now there was no avoiding formal war. Philip II (1527–1598) began ...
She surfaced again, took another breath, and dove, this time putting as much distance as she could between herself and the boat. The men paced about the sides, searching for movement on the water. They drew the light around the gunwales, firing shots occasionally. Their voices were angry,...
The graveyard surrounding the church includes the remains of some sailors and noblemen who drowned when the ill-fated Spanish Armada ship, Girona, sank nearby in 1588, at what became known as Port na Spaniagh (or the Bay of the Spanish). It wasn’t until 1967 that the wreck of the Giro...
While Captain Kendrick told local authorities his reason for entering Japanese waters was adverse winds, he made inquiries about the possibility of trade in his cargo of furs. Realizing that trade would not be possible, the two ships departed after approximately one week. A few days after ...
That did not save him from being held under house arrest at Cowdray in 1588 when his Catholic faith made Elizabeth I suspicious of his political leaning during the Spanish Armada crisis. That did not stop Elizabeth from visiting Cowdray herself in 1591. ...