english tactics

Cards (6)

  • how did English avoid Spanish getting on their ships?
    kept their distance
  • how many fireships did the English send?
    8
  • when were the fireships sent?
    6th august 1588
  • what did the fireships do?
    cause little damage but did cause havoc and scatter the armada
  • what did the fireships force some Spanish ships to do?
    cut anchors making them unable to meet parmas army
  • what did the English fleet stop Spanish from doing?
    anchoring off the isle of wight which would've given them more time