The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-29

the United Netherlands" by John
Lothrop Motley is Of interest as it re-
counts the destruction of the Spanish
armada three centuriesEzA The
humiliation of Spanish fees by Amer
lean admirals shows that history has
been repeating itself:
The blaze and smoke of 1000 beacon
fires, from the Lands End to Margate,
and from the Isle of Wight to Cumber-
land, gave warning to every English
man that the enemy was at last upon
them. Almost at that very instant in
teil1Sence had been brought from the
court to the lord admiral at Plymouth
that the armada, dispersed and shat
tered by the gales of June, was not
likely to make it's appearance that
year; and orders had consequently
been given to disarm the four largest
ships and send them into dock. Even
Walsingham, as already stated, had
participated in this strange delusion.
Before Howard had time to act upon
TINS lH-timed uggestion-even had he
been disposed to do so-he received
authentic intelligence that the great
fleet was off the Lizard Neither he
nor Francis Drake were the men to
lose time in such an emergency; and
before that Friday night was spent, so
OF the best English ships had been
warped out of Plymouth harbor.
On Saturday, July 30, the wind was
very light at southwest, with a mist
and drizzling rain, but by in the
afternoon, the two fleets could descry
and count each other through the haze.
BY o'clock July 81, about two miles
from Iooe on the Cornish coast. the
fleets had their first meeting. There
We're I36 sail of the SDaniards. of
which go We're large ships, and 81 of
the English. 1t was solemn moment
The long expected armada presented
a pompous, almost a theatrical ap-
pearance. The ships seemed arranged
Tor a pageant, in honor of a victory
won. Disposed in form of a
crescent, the horns of which were
seven miles asunder, those gilded.
Saudy standards and their martial
music, moved slowly along the channel
with an air of indolent pomp. Their
captain general, the golden duke. stood
IN ms private shot-proof fortress. on
the deck of his great galIson. the 81
Martin, surrounded by generals Of in
Iantry and colonies of cavalry. who
knew as little as he did himself of
laVal matters. The English vessels. on
me other hand-with few exceptions.
iSnt, swift and easily handled-could
san round and round those unwieldly
salleonS, hulks and galleys rowed by
ettered slave gangs. The slIDerjor.
'eafnanship of free Englishmen. com
nanded by such experienced captains
IS Drake, Forbisher and Hawkins
rom infancy at home on the blue
WATERWAYS manifest in the vexy first
They obtained the weather
'age at once, and cannonaded the
'nehny at intervals with considerable /
'1ect; easily escaping at will out of /
ahSe or the sluggish armada. which
vas incapable of bearing sail in pur- |
ult, although provided with an arrna- |
nent which could sink all its enemies |
Il close quarters. I'VE had some small |
lght with them that Sunday after !
loon, said Hawkins.
Already in this first small fight the
'panlards had learned a lesson. and |
Llsht even entertain a doubt as to
nelr lnVlncibility. But before the sun
ct there We're more serious disasters.
duch powder and shot had been ex-
ended by the Spaniards to no purpose.
liu so q master gunner on board Ad-
'iral Oquendo's flagship was repri-
handed for careless ball practice. The
unner, who was a Fleming. enraged
nth his captain, laid a train TO the
cWder magazine, fired itSand threw
lmself into the sea. TwsSaecks blew
D. The great castle at tliStstern rose
ate clouds, carrying withsH the pay
laster general of the fleet, Hlarge por
on on o. 1,o treasure and nearby two hun
Meantime Don Pedro de Valdez. COM
lander Of the Andalusian squadron,
aving got his galleon into collision
'ltn two or three Spanish ships sue
had at last carried away his
jremast, close to the deck. and. the
reck mad fallen against his main mast.
e lay crippled and helpless, the ar
lada slowly deserving him, night was
)mlng on, the sea was running hieh.
nd the English, ever lowering near.
ere ready to grapDle with him. In I
am dld Don Pedro fire signals of dis
ess. me captain general, even as
iouSh the unlucky galleon had not
cen connected with the Catholic fleet
calmly fired gun to collect his scat
red fleet, and abandoned Valdez to I
S rate. He left me comfortless in {
sht of the whole fleet" said poor {
adro; and greater inhumanity and {
think was never heard 5
among men,
Don Pedro surrendered to the Re s
,nge in the morning. {
Here certainly was no very triumph l
1t beginning for the invincible ar q
ada. On the very first day of their t
ing in presence of the English fleet. c
er but 81 in number and vastly in '
rior in size and weight of c
had lost the fiaSships of Y
e GuiDuzcoan and of the Andalusian I
uadron, with a general admiral, $50
lcers and men, and some one hun il
ed thousand ducats of treasure. They z
been T. a Z
d thoroughly maltreated by their an
gonists, and they had been unable to
1lct a single blow i'll return. Thus the I
mall fight had been a cheerful one
: the opponents of the inouisition,
d the English were Droporticnately
C
t was n pompous spectacle that mid a
miner night, upon those narrow seas. =
e mooa. which was at the full, was S
ing calmly upon a scene of anxious b
pectation. Would she not be look !
by tomorrow's night upon q subju- =
ted England, a re-enslaved Holland. -
on the downfall of civil and reiig- Il
IS libe ~? Those ships Of Spain. v
hch lay there with their banners II
wing IN the moonlight. discharging
vos of anticipated triumph and I'll
the air with strains of insoleat te
HCNio l4t- nut ny QdN DIGdk,
moving straight to their purpose. ~
ring the concuerors of the world a.
the scene of their cherished hopes? II
hat English fleet, too, which rose p;
re at anchor so anxiously on the W
tch. would that swarm of ninble. ie
but slender vessels, u
ich had held their own hitherto in p,
'ried and desuitory skirmishes. be w
e to cope with their great a-tagoa- v
now that the moment had arrived
the death grapple. Would not How w
:, Drake, Frobisher, Seymour, Win te
and 10 l-iras. h. en- - ~ III