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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Arma`da
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Named the Invincible, an armament fitted out in 1588 by Philip II. of Spain against England, consisting of 130 war-vessels, mounted with 2430 cannon, and manned by 20,000 soldiers; was defeated in the Channel on July 20 by Admiral Howard, seconded by Drake, Hawkins, and Frobisher; completely dispersed and shattered by a storm in retreat on the coasts of Scotland and Ireland, the English losing only one ship; of the whole fleet only 53 ships found their way back to Spain, and these nearly all hors de combat .
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Arma`da'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/a/armada.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Arma`da'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/a/armada.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
