By the destruction of the Armada she had proved herself worthy of the title which she bears to this day: that of Queen and Mistress of the Seas.
Some hours later, the foremost ships of the great Armada came in view, and were soon followed by the rest of the fleet sailing majestically along in the form of a crescent, seven miles long from tip to tip.
Ronquillo also sent a small armada to the coasts of Borneo and Malacca, where a limited amount of pepper was obtained.
Anda reorganized the Armada de Pintados, and toward the end of his life created also the Marina Sutil, a fleet of light gunboats for the defense of the coasts against the attacks of pirates.
Honorable Father: Considering that when I was in the armada in Barbary at Garbich the news were advised you daily from the illustrious Sig.
Mr. Froude thus ably sums up the salient points in the character and reign of Elizabeth:— “The years which followed the defeat of the Armada were rich in events of profound national importance.
It was at the moment when the Treaty of Vervins and the wreck of the second Armada freed Elizabeth's hands from the struggle with Spain that the revolt under Hugh O'Neill broke the quiet which had prevailed since the victories of Lord Grey.
In 1596 his threat of a fresh Armada was met by the daring descent of an English force upon Cadiz.
But in the year which preceded the coming of the Armada the whole aspect of the stage suddenly changes, and the new dramatists range themselves around two men of very different genius, Robert Greene and Christopher Marlowe.
But from the moment when the Armada drifted back broken to Ferrol the figures of warriors and statesmen were dwarfed by the grander figures of poets and philosophers.
At a moment when the Armada was gathering in the Tagus, Elizabeth felt the need of securing Scotland against any revival of Catholicism; and her aid enabled the exiled lords to return in triumph in 1585.
A year later indeed the lords were back again; for the Armada was at hand, and Elizabeth distrusted the young king, who was intriguing at Paris and Madrid.
Elizabeth's Closing Years The defeat of the Armada was followed by an expedition to Lisbon, to wrest Portugal from Spain; owing to inadequate equipment it failed, after a promising beginning, the Portuguese lending no help.
The defeat of theArmada was followed by a carnival of conquest.
The Armada was scarcely destroyed before the queen assumed a less complaisant attitude toward dissent.
Elizabeth displayed a most magnanimous spirit during the time that the Armada was hovering around our coasts.
Though King Philip was the individual, by whom the Armada was fitted out, yet he was encouraged in the designed invasion by the pope as well as by the English fugitives on the Continent, headed by Sir William Stanley.
So strong was it that, as armada is the Spanish for a fleet, it was called the Invincible Armada.
A more gallant and beautiful armadanever before quitted the shores of Spain.
As the Armadaadvanced up the channel, the English hung upon its rear, and still infested it with skirmishes.
The Armada had now reached Calais, and cast anchor before that place in expectation that the Duke of Parma, who had gotten intelligence of their approach, would put to sea and join his forces to them.
The English fleet followed him during some time; and had not their ammunition fallen short, by the negligence of the officers in supplying them, they had obliged the whole Armada to surrender at discretion.
A violent tempest overtook the Armada after it passed the Orkneys.
The confederates entered heartily into these feelings; and all on board of thearmada were impatient for the hour that was to bring them hand to hand with the enemies of the Faith.
They recommended that the armada should be disbanded, that the several squadrons of which it was composed should return to their respective winter quarters, and meet again in the spring to resume operations.
It was not long before he appeared off the harbours of Modon and Navarino, where the two divisions of the Turkish armada were lying at anchor.
The armada from Spain was greatly delayed; and as he expected by it a store of artillery and muskets, as well as other requisites, he was at great loss.
He became first consul of Nîmes in 1589, the year after the defeat of the great Spanish Armada against England.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "armada" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: argosy; armada; division; fleet; flotilla; marine; navy; squadron
