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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 .
The Spanish Armada (often known as Invincible Armada, or the Enterprise of England, Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, lit. 'Great and Most Fortunate Navy') was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat without previous naval experience appointed by Philip II of Spain.
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.
The Spanish Armada in Ireland refers to the landfall made upon the coast of Ireland in September 1588 of a large portion of the 130-strong fleet sent by Philip II to invade England. Following its defeat at the naval battle of Gravelines , the Armada had attempted to return home through the North Atlantic , when it was driven from its course by ...
Before the speech the Armada had been driven from the Strait of Dover in the Battle of Gravelines eleven days earlier, and had by then rounded Scotland on its way home, but troops were still held at ready in case the Spanish army of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, might yet attempt to invade from Dunkirk; two days later they were discharged.
New artifacts have been found on the legendary Spanish galleon San Jose, Colombia's government announced Thursday, after the first robotic exploration of the three-century-old shipwreck.
On 8 August 1588 the Battle of Gravelines (named after a Flemish town near Calais), was concluded with a decisive victory over the Spanish fleet. Following Revenge at the head of the line, the English fleet engaged their broadsides into the Spanish Armada, following a fire ships attack the night before which broke up the tight Spanish formation ...