The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-06
THE SPANISH ARMADA.
Gravellncs, the Baltic Which Finally Shat
tered Its Once Great Power.

Gravellncs, the Battle Which Finally Shat
tered Its Once Great Power.
The battle of Gravelines, which finally
shattered tho power of tho armada and
drove it In fugitive disarray into the tenn
pestuous seas of trio north, was fought on
Aug. 8, according to the continental reck-
oning Of time, though Professor Laughton
prefers to give tile date as July 20, in &C.
Cordance with the old style then In use in
England. But the news Of this great and
unexpected victory spread through Europe
very slowly, and for several weeks many
rumors Of decisive Spanish victory wero
niloat So persistent and detailed were
these rumors that on Aug. 27 the Venetian
senate passed, by an almost unanimous
vote, q resolution rgratuating tho king
Of Spain on the SUCCESS Of tho ar
mada Information to tho snme effect
was communicated on tho sGmo day to the
pope by the Spanish ambassador in Rome,
and Giovanni Gritti, the Venetian cmbas-
sador, at once waited on his holiness to
congratulate him on "tho good nows of
tho Catholic armada" But tho pope was
incredulous. He had no great belief In
the fleets of Spain or In the capacity Of
Siaonia. Ho had promised Philip mil
lion of gold, but it was cUly to DO paid on
receipt Of the pews that landing had been
effected in England. On Aug. 20 he had
said to Gritt, talking with his usual
frankness for IL considerable time"
"lhe king goes trl6ing with this ar
mazda Of his, but the queen acts in earnest.
We're she only Catholic she would DO our
best beloved, for fEo has great worth.
Just look at Drake Who is he? What
forces las hey And yet no burned 25 OF
the kings ships at Gibraltar and as many
again at Lisbon. He has robbed tho flo.
tilla and sacked Santo Domingo. We are
sorry to say it, but we have E0Ur opinion
Of this Spanish armada and fear sonlu dis
astcr''
Hence tic astuto Sixtus V was not too
rcady to credit the runners which had i'm
posed uron the Venetian senate and thrown
1t into III ecstasy OF cOngrGtulation. When
he received Gritt!S congratulations on the
coed news, lis holiness said" as Gritti
reports, "hG did net give it full crodence,
and that he desired further yerification.
lilo pointed ont that even if it wero true
tho victory Was net very great, for tho
body Of BRACES fleet had escaped. Unless
tho Duke Of Parma ard tho Duke of Nc
dina effected u Junction nothing olso mat
tered much"
ThesaRacity Of Sixtus Y was abundantly
vind!caed in tho issUo, Parma, as we
know, had not and never could have eli
feCted his junction with SiGuniu, and, as
tho polo said, with his usual frankncss,"
nothing else Hattcred much. GUAR.
terly Review.
Races at Haze, Deli.
On Saturday the races ut Hazel Dell
ira * were we'll attended aud resulted AS
follows:
WIN. Stafrord's l'rixic. /
q, W. johnson, Cccll 3
., Exams, Lucic +. 4
i. Durr, Dock Q
Trnu--2 80, Abb
FREE FOEAIL.
I Farley Orphan ,Boy.............1 ! /
+. Frank 5 Ncttic Bee. g !
j. Green's Memorial ....2 3
TIme-@,@9, 2.33 BOZ.
2.3)CLAss.
Frank II. Quigley's Molic Wilkes. ....1l
Chapman, May Bird. 3
Collins Gray Eagle. ...............24
Durham's Fred ....,.,.,,,,,,,,..G2
Q, j. Qniglcy's Mollic ....... .........45
EumunsOn' Diamond .56
Time -2.ji, : 81
200 CLASS.
Wallacrs Fannie b.
Tanguy'5 Ellen Cliff 81
Rash's Maggie b. .............,..,,.2 PA
McCallster's Myrtle. ,652
trimmings Billy ..4G5
Haymnn's Cyclone. 500
Watt 5 BrOwnsOn. ....................74 10
ID. Wright, Delaware Dude, ,.57G
Time 23Gl3, 24lt., 2.3S
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