User:Queen Pinkalicious/sandbox

'''The English beat the Spanish Armada because of their strategical superiorty, the excellent Leadership of francis drake, and enourmous luck with the weather.

When the Spanish were preparing to sail their fleet, Drake Sailed round to Spain and sank 24 of the Spanish Ships before they even left the harbour.

then the English ships harried the Spanish when they were coming up the English Channel. The English ships were smaller and faster and could quickly dart between the Spanish Lines. however, the English only sank 2 Spanish ships in the first combats, largely because they were unwilling to get too close to the Huge Spanish Guns.

The English then turned to Fireships. They loaded up some of their old ships with Gunpowder, set fire to them and pushed them towards the Spanish Ships. This tactic worked very effectively and sank 14 Spanish Ships, leaving 114 left. The Spanish were forced into the North Sea. However, the battle was not yet won.

The real defeat of the Spanish Armada came in the North Sea. The Spanish were caught in a series of huge storms, which sank ovabout 60 of their ships and demoralised the crews. The remaining Spanish now knew they could not face up to the strategically superior English fleet, and were forced to abandon their plan and sail round Scotland to go home. Many died on the journey. Hence the phrase 'God Breathed and they were scattered' became popular in England.

However, don't put the success entirely down to the storms. Although this did the majority of the damage, the fact remains that the English were dealing heavy casualties before this, whilt sustaining few casualties themselves. It must also be remebered that the English forced the Spanish to go into the north Sea in the first place.

P.S. Don't refer to the English ships as British. The Armada took place during Elizabeth I's rule,and Britain was only formed in 1603 after she died. there were no british People during the time of the armada.'''--Queen Pinkalicious (talk) 20:19, 7 December 2014 (UTC)