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Old 11-08-2009, 04:21 PM   #187
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Originally Posted by Patricia View Post
Well, the English admiral was Sir Francis Drake, if that helps.
There was a divided command, Drake was the Vice-Admiral; the Admiral was Lord Howard of Effingham, and it was he who wrote the despatch.

I was guilty of imprecision in the first post - what I'm really wanting to get my hands on is the despatch; the book is therefore the means to the end :-)
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