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The Battle of Gravelines is the name given to two battles: . The Battle of Gravelines (1558), in which Spain defeated France in 1558.; The Battle of Gravelines (1588), which saw an indecisive engagement between Spanish and English fleets during the attempted Spanish invasion of England in 1588.
The Battle of Gravelines was fought on 13 July 1558 at Gravelines, near Calais, France. It occurred during the twelve-year war between France and Spain (1547–1559). The battle resulted in a victory by the Spanish forces, led by Lamoral, Count of Egmont , over the French, led by Marshal Paul de Thermes .
Gravelines (/ ɡ r æ v ˈ l iː n / grav-LEEN, French:; Dutch: Grevelingen [ˈɣreːvəlɪŋə(n)]) is a commune in the Nord department in Northern France. [3] It lies at the mouth of the river Aa 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Dunkirk .
The Armada suffered further losses in the ensuing Battle of Gravelines and was in danger of running aground on the Dutch coast when the wind changed, allowing it to escape into the North Sea. Pursued by the English, the Spanish ships returned home via Scotland and Ireland. Up to 24 ships were wrecked along the way before the rest managed to get ...
English: [The battle off Gravelines, 8 August 1588]Disbound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: circa 1:150,000 (bar). Ungraduated chart of the track of the Spanish Armada. The bar scale is in English miles. The chart contains the coats of arms of Queen Elizabeth and Lord Howard.
It met with armed resistance in the English Channel, when a fireship attack off Calais broke its formation, and was driven into the North Sea after the Battle of Gravelines. When the fleet entered the North Sea, 110 ships remained under Medina Sidonia's command.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Battle of Abancay; ... Battle of Gravelines (1558) Battle of Las Guasimas (1874)
The Defeat of the Spanish Armada is a 1796 history painting by the French-born British artist Philip James de Loutherbourg. [1] [2] A battle seascape it depicts the defeat of the Spanish Armada at the Battle of Gravelines in 1588, thwarting Philip II's attempt to invade England.