Elizabeth 1558-1588

• Drake's Raid on Cadiz

  1587
• The singing of the King of Suains and, wis a major setback in Spain's properations for the A
• France Duke attacked the Spanish port of Cadiz


  1582
• The attack, which be
• Drake


  Sent to Disrupt Spanish Preparations for the Arma
• Philip saw the 1583 Imeaty of Nonsuch a declecation on Spain. In pone
• he began building a huge es fan madal that he planned to une to lace England
• abeth was a of Philips plans. In 1582, she sent francis Desk, ow of her m
• privatoms (see p.261, to spy on Spanish preparations and attack their ships and suppli
• Drake Attacked the Spanish port of Cadiz


  1587
• Most of the new ships for the Armada were being wilt in
• the Portuguese port of Lisbon. This
• protected by simang fortication, and Drak knew he
• couldn't attack it with any hope of suc
• Instead, Drake decided to attack the pon of Carliz, which


  1. was well defcked!

  2. Fewer naval ships who

  3. there, but the port was the centre for a large number of

  4. naval supplies, which Drake intended to wing or destry
• In April 1582 Drake sailed into Cadiz harbour


  1. and began to attack the ships anchored there.

  2. He destroyed around 30 ships and sexzed many tones

  3. of supplies, including food and weapons.
• After his successful raid on Cadiz, Drake sailed along the coast of Spain and Bartugal, seizing


  Spanish ships and destroying supplies which were being sent to Lisbon for the Armada
• Drake also captured the San Hlipe Spanish ship returning from the Americas
• laden with gold, spices and silk. Its valuable cargo easily covered the cost of
• Drake's expedition, and enabled Elizabeth to improve England's defences.
• The raid on Cadiz


  A Serious Setback for the Spanish Armad
• The raid on Cadiz had a major impact on Philip's plans to


  invade England, delaying the Armada by more than a year.
• Obtaining fresh supplies and weapons was very
• expensive and seriously strained Spain's finances.
• During his raids, Drake captured more than 1000 tons of
• planks made from seasoned wood, which were needed to
• make the barrels used to carry food and water. As a result,
• the Spanish had to make their barrels from unseasoned
• wood, which couldn't preserve food and water very well.
• Drake described his raid on: 'Cadiz as singing the King of Spain's beard. He meant that he had inflicted tempering damage on King Phil's Armia but hadn't destroyed tentedly it would go back in time'
• This caused supply problems for the Armada and affected the morale of Spanish troops and sa
• Fresh water supplies were lost and many tons of food rotted as the fleet sailed to England in 15
• enges at Home and Abroad, 1569-1588