The Battle of Cadiz

Drake argued that englisman wait ingman shold mount a prehentive fir strike on the armada to buy more time. Elizabeth was very dubious about this. Here's a woman in a man's world who's having to gamble with very little resources, and one wrong roll of the dice could leave her in real trouble. And so he sailed to cadiz in 15 87 and destroyed 24 ships. But more importantly, he burnt a year's supply of barrel staves and hooks. The following year, all its food and fresh water had to be stored in unseasoned casks. That quickly rotted the food and it leaked drinking water. So we gon n up w