The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-29
TODAY IN HISTORY
Defeat Of the spanlsch Armada.
FRIDAY, July 30, 1910.

Perhaps in the history OF mankind there
has never been vas. project OF con-
quest conceived and matured In so pro-
tractcd and yet dcsultory a manner
as WAS this famous Spanish Armada. This
famous fleet was assembled on May so,
1855 at Lisbon. and, the weather being
favorable, set sail from that port, after
having been duly blessed by the Cardinal
Archduke Albert, viceroy OF Portugal
There were more than. 1870 ships in all.
divided into ten squadrons. The object
OF this neet. which Philip OF Spain had set
anoat. was FOR the purpose OF dethron-
Ing Elizabeth and establishing the In
qusltion in England.
In all the towns of England bands had
been training To resist this in9incible ar
mada- All Englishmen alike. Romanists.
Protestant Episcopalians and Purltans.
were banded together 10 defend them
selves against the invaders. The over
throw OF this armament. however, was
erected by the English navy and the ele
ments. The state had only thirty-sx
ships In their feet. but the city of Lon
don furnished thirtyJhree additional
ones. eighteen were supplied by the lb-
erality Of private individuals, and near
hire
Fortunately for Elizabeth's government.
the Spaniards, having long been driven
from the channel by privateers. were now
unaequainted with It's currents, and they
could could, pr0eure 1s, only two or three com
dina entered the channel the rear Of his
feet was Immediately harassed by a
eannon3de from the puny ships OF Eng
from fire or boarding. the Spanish COM
fnander anchored In Calais roads. In the
night fire ships-an ancient mode OF war
fare. which had just been rclntroduced
by tho Dutch-passed in among the AR
| mada, frece gale completed their work
and morning revealed the remnant OF tho
InvInciblc Armada scattered along the
coast from Calais to Ostend.
These fire ships numbered eight, and
upon them was literally distributed pitch.
tar and rosin. and they were well lined
matter This action occurred on the 2Sth
OF the month The English fleet con-
sisted by this time OF lao sail, all OF them
The, Spaniards weighed anchor after
the terrible destruction had been
wrought and put to sea, and. through the
complete on July 20 II brought an end
to the Spanish hopes. According to the
motto upon the medal in commemorate tion
OF the event. God breathed upon them
and they were destroyed" Fifteen Span
| ish ships and 4791 men were taken In tho
channel and on the coast of Ireland. 10
which the remnant Of the Armada had
He'd. seventeen ships and l0,lS5 men fel
a prey to the English. Only fifty three
OF all the ships sent out eventually re-
turned to Spain, and they were In such
bad condition that they were useless. The
defeat Of the Spanish Armada was the
final overthrow OF the Spaniards at sea
| from which they never recovered.
On July % In 1899 occurred the relief
of Derry. 1t is the date OF the arrival
of the French fleet under D Estaing In
| Narragansett bay In 177S; the treaty with
Japan was signed In 1858. and King Hum
| bert OF Italy was assassinated In 1900
| July % Is the birthday Of De K0lb.. III,
| French soldier. who came to America tc
help the patriot cause G72D: Thomas
! Corwin, secretary OF the treasury under
| Fillmore QT9D. Clement l. Vallandig-
| ham. the American statesman GS20) and
| II Is the date OF the death OF Denis
! D!derer the French philosopher (1TSD: o:
| William Wilberforce. phllanthropist 1882
and Robert Schumann, the composer
! 1850,