...was first discovered in the channel, it appeacljpn the form of a crescent or halfmoon, stretching at the distance of seven miles from the extremity of one division to that of the other.— Though the English navy was infinitely inferior, in number and size, it boldly attacked the armada,...

...Effingham, the English admiral, had just time to get out of port, when he saw the Spanish armada coining full sail towards him, disposed in the form of a crescent,...extremity of one division to that of the other. The writers of that age, says Hume, whose narrative we have partly followed, raise their style by a pompous...

...Effingham, the English admiral, had just time to get out of port, when he saw the Spanish armada coining full sail towards him, disposed in the form of a crescent,...extremity of one division to that of the other. The writers of that age, says Hume, whose narrative we have partly followed, raise their style by a pompous...

...was first discovered in the channel, it appeared in the form of a crescent or halfmoon, stretching at the distance of seven miles from the extremity of one division to that of the other. Though the English navy was infinitely inferior, in number and size, it boldly attacked the armada,...

...Effingham, the British admiral, had just time to get out of harbour, when he saw the Armada sailing towards him, disposed in the form of a crescent, and stretching the distance of seven miles from one extremity to the other. He was soon reinforced by all the nobility and gentry, who had provided...

...famous armada arrived in the Channel, disposing itself in the form of a crescent, and stretching to the distance of seven miles from the extremity of one division to that of the other. As it proceeded up the Channel, Effingham, with the English fleet, gave orders to avoid a close fight,...

...port, when he saw the Spanish Armada coming full sail towards him, disposed in the form of a half moon, and stretching the distance of seven miles from the extremity of one division to that of the other. An eloquent historian of Italy, in imitation of Camden, has asserted, that the Armada, though the ships...

...Effingham, who was stationed at Plymouth, had just time to get out of port,,when he saw the armada advancing towards him, disposed in the form of a crescent, and stretching the distance of seven miles from one extremity to the other. As the armada advanced up the channel, the English hung on its rear, and...

...scarcely got out of Plymouth, when he saw the Spanish Armada (by which name this famous armament is known) coming full sail towards him, disposed in the form of a crescent, and displaying a front of no less than seven miles. It consisted of one-hundred-and-thirty vessels, of...

...Effingham, who was stationed at Plymouth, had just time to get out of port, when he saw the armada advancing towards him, disposed in the form of a crescent, and stretching the distance of seven miles from one extremity to the other. As the armada advanced up the channel, the English hung on its rear, and...