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From: "Vern Humphrey" 
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To: snorer418{at}aol.com [mailto:snorer418{at}aol.com]
> >
>
> don't forget drake's raid on cadiz, which aside from delaying the
> 'enterprise' a year, resulted in the destruction of almost all
> the fleet's
> barrel staves,  which directly impacted the survival of the crews
> on their
> return to spain.

Yes -- but force protection is a commander's responsibility.  One must
expect attacks on one's sources of supply and prepare accordingly.

> by the way, some credit medina sidonia with
> getting many
> more ships home than might have been otherwise, though i believe
> that fact
> points more to spanish seamanship in general than to just leadership.
>
That and Sorley Boy McDaniel, who helped many a shipwrecked Spanish sailor
who would up in Ulster.



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