The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-04
II is said that before the start OF

, It is said that before the start OF
/ the present hostillt!es Wins st n
Churchill, then first lord OF the Brit
ish admiralty. mobllized the grand
fleet in defiance Of orders not 10 20
{ so and thus was ready TO spring ut
: Germany with every sea dog of Eng
! land when war broke forth. II Col
unel Churchill thus acted he had high
English example in the case or Lord
Howard Of Etingham. IT, was he who
as high admiral Of England in 1883
disobcyed most fagrantly Queen EliZ-
abeth's own order To dismantle part
i.or his fleet and was therefore possess
ed Of the strength 10 smash the great
armada OF Spain when lis lofty gal
Icons came rolling into the channel
Spain was at that time perhaps the
most powerful nation in the world.
Spain sought world empire. Her
! Philip believed it possible to make
himself the head Of a I'M rcrsal mon
archy, sharing power only with the
Pope. England stood in his way.
Hence the despatch Of the armada to
make England vassal TO Spain, burn
her herctics and establish the sway
of Philip over both the old and the
new hemisphere.
Howard, with his captains, was at
game Of bowls in Plymouth town
when Their came scuttllng INTO tne
harbor Scotch privatecr with the
news that the armada was even then
OF the Cornish coast. Forthwith
there was rush Of messengers, d
lighting of alarm fires and a press
OF captains for their ships. Only Sir
Francis Drake remained unconcerned.
There was time, he observed, both to
win the game and beat the Spanlard.
So aiming their bowls very carefully
and coolly they finished what Italian
rerkons the best and bravest match
that ever was scored"
The Royal Navy, augmented now
by several times its number or
armed merchantmen, had gotten to-
terly punished, but still indomitabtee,
Dutch sent some help from Holland.
The largest vessel Of ali was the
Triumph, measuring LOO tons. The
number of men was slightly over IT,
900 Howard. commanding, was HIM
self a Catholic, but though Philip
proclaimed his cause the cause or the
church against the hereto, Howard
and all the other English Catholics
remained splendidly loyal.
+ Against them Philip sent force
the tremendous cAtSi| - A-NN -
given by Hakluyt. The vessels mum
bered $50. no less than 81 OF them
galleons, which Hakluyt says were OF
IAN huge bignesse and of marvellous
fore. and so high that they re-
sembled great castles" Manning the
fnet we're 5000 sailors. 2,0SS slaves.
and 10000 soldiers. besides mobiles and
gentlemen, all under command or the
Duke Of Medina Sidonia, AT Dun
kirk, the great Spanish genera,
Fnrnese, was collecting another fleet
for the transport of troops, to Eng,
land as soon as the armada Should
win the command of the seas.
"'rhe Invincihlc Armada. aS Inc
spnuiards termed it. entered the chan.
mel headed for plymouth h. in the nope OF
surnrisinr the English. found Hoard
snllynr forth In meet It mud stood of
for nunkirk Howard first sighted tho
enemy on saturday. the 10Th or July.
Ic1tinr tho great fleet pass. he followed
borryinr i, SO severely that the Span
inrdS lost several ships. Medina Stdnna
al last brought his shiPs to anchor in
calais rnndstcad It's larger craft lying
In IN. outer circle. Howard dared not
attack Mt close quarters, since his YES
sells were much inferior in tonnage ana
in ordnance. while. ms Sir Waiter taI-
nigh SAYS, "thc Spaniard had an army
81: hoard him and Howard had mono.
However. on the night Of tn" 2?th lie
sem in eight hrcships. so alarming IN"
S,nninrI% that they Cut fhrir rah!"S
and ;rfr ln -"a t'n" If The largest
salrassrs LuuIcL another uEd Went