SA - Tactics and mistakes

Question 1

What were their mistakes? (6)

Answer 1

• storage barrels made from unseasoned wood so food went off + made men sick
• admiral hated sea, took on job out of monarchy
• believed most people in England were Catholic
• few captains didn’t know northern coastlines
• sailors weren’t experienced
• didn’t consider easterly wind

Question 2

What were their tactics?

Answer 2

• their crescent formation
• they intended to meet and escort an army of 35 000 men based in the Spanish Netherlands. This army would be carried across river barges