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• When did the Spanish leave Lisbon?

  28th May 1588
• When did the English ships prepare?

  22nd July
• When were Spanish ships spotted from Lizard Point?

  29th July
• When did the English sail to meet the Spanish crescent?

  31st July
• When were Spanish ships chased to Portland?

  1st August
• What happened on 3rd August?

  English fired, Spanish retreated
• Where did the Spanish stop on 4th August?

  Calais
• Why was the Duke of Parma's troops significant on 4th August?

  They did not arrive as expected
• When was the Battle of Gravelines fought?

  6th August
• What was the Battle of Gravelines

  When England sent in ‘fire ships’ that broke up the Armada and they fled