Singeing the king of Spain's beard

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Drake's 1587 expedition
Part of the Anglo–Spanish War
Drake's map of his attack on Cadiz
Date 12 April - 6 July 1587[1] Location Bay of Cádiz, Algarve, Lisbon and the Azores Result English victory
Belligerents
Spanish Empire Kingdom of Portugal	England
Commanders
Pérez de Guzmán (Cádiz) Álvaro de Bazán (Lisbon)	Francis Drake

Drake's 1587 expedition was a military expedition led by the English privateer Francis Drake against the Spanish naval forces being prepared in the bay of Cadiz by Philip II of Spain for the invasion of England. It occurred in April and May 1587 and saw the English destroy a large part of the fleet, land in the Algarve, sack various fortresses along the Portuguese coast right up to Lisbon and capture a treasure-laden Spanish fleet on its way back from the Azores. Drake referred to his raid as the "singeing of the King of Spain's beard".

Drake's 1587 raids on Cádiz and A Coruña delayed the sailing of the Spanish Armada.

Popular culture

It is portrayed in the 1935 film Drake of England.

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