The herald., 1917-09-13

/ iSh admiralty, mobilized the grand
/ fleet In defiance OF orders moi 10 DO
1 50. and thus was ready Ia spring a.
/ Germany with every sea dog of Eng
( land when war broke forth II Col
! Onel Churchill thus acted he had high
English example in the case az Lord
Howard Bingham. 1t was he who
as high admiral OF England In 1858
/ disobcycd most iIagrantly Queen Eliza
heth's own order 10 dismantle part Of
his fleet and was therefore possessed
~ the strength to smash ihc great ar
m0da Of Spain when It's lofty gal
Icons came rolling into the channel.
Spain was at that time perhaps the
most powerful nation in the world
England was by comparison feeble.
Spain sought world empire. Her
Philip believed II possible 10 make
himself the head OF universal mon
archy, sharing power only with the
pope. England stood I'm his way.
Hence the dispatch OF the armada to
make England vasSal To STain burn
her heretics and establish the sway IL
Philip over both the old and the new
hemisphereS.
Howard, with his captains. was at
n game Of bowls in Plymouth town
when there came SCuttling into the
harbOr Il Scotch privatecr with the
news that the armada was even then
Off the Cornish coast. Forthwith there /
was a rush for messengers. II lighting /
Of alarm fires and press Of cap /
tainS for their ships. Only Sir Frances I
Drake remained uncOncerned. There /
was time, he observed, both 10 win the /
game and beat the SpaniardS. So aim .
ing their bowls very carefully and cool ,
ly they finished what Hallam rcck-
ons the best and bravcSt match that !
ever was scored"
The ROYAL navy. augmented now by
several times its number Of armed mer-
chantmen. had got together a feet
If 191 vessels. The bitterly punished
but still indOmitable Dutch sent some
help from Holland. Tie largest YES
sci Of all was the Triumph. measuring
LOO tons. The number of men was
slightly over 1900. Howard. COM
WAS himself Catholic. but
though Philip proclaimed his cause the
cause Of the church against the here
ic. Howard and all the other English
Catholics remained splendidly loyal
Against them Philip sent force the 4
tremendous extent OF which is given
lalyInt-t
80. no less than "a OF them galleOns.
which Hakluyt says were OF IAN huge .
'ignesse and of marvellous force and
70 high that they resembled great cas-
les" Manning the fleet were 5000
allors, 2,0SS slaves and 10000 soldiers,
'esides mobiles and gentlemen, all I'M b
Ter command OF the duke Of Medina q
'idonia. At Dunkirk. the great Span Z
sh general, Farnese was collecting an 4
Their feet for the transport Of troops I
D England as soon as the armada | n
hould win the command of the seas. il
THE InvinCible Armada" as the 7
paniards termed II, entered the Chan
el. headed for Plymouth in the hope I,
+ surprising the English, found How a
ri sallying forth To meet it, and stood Il
n for Dunkirk. Howard first sighted b
IS enemy on Saturday. the Goth of h.
uly. Letting the great fleet pass. q
e followed. marrying il so severe a,
that the SpaniardS lost several ships. II
!edina SidOnia at last brought his 81
lips 10 anchor in Calais rOadStead. his W
rger craft lying In the outer circle. OF
oward dared not attack at close quar- IF
RS, since his vessels were much in h,
riOr in tonnage and in ordinance, il
lille, as Sir Wallace Raleigh says.
he Spaniard had an army on board CO
IN and Howard had none" How W
Ter on the night of the Goth he sent III
eight fireShips, so alarming the
that they cut their cables IN
Id put to sea. One of the largest III
leasses fOuled another and went or
hOre. In the confusion the rest Of its
e fleet became badly scattered so on
at in the morning the feat Of reas-
milling in fleet formation was most SD
fficult. Now was the opportunity Of ler
e English to attack on something like
ual terms.
Drake and Fener were the first to
exile their cumbersome foes. Then flu
me Fenton, Southwell, Burton and
rest. with the lord admiral plunging 30
himself. While the action was that trC
detached vessels rather than squad In
rs. 1t was general and it was furious Of
hot. Drake was hulled no less than blu
times and his cabin was shot ont pro
I'm under him. The shot OF q demi-
verin landed on the dinner table OF
earl Of Northumberland. But the
glish ships We're the smarter sail DO,
J. the English got the weather gauge jay
d they kept the vessels in gul