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Siege of Coruña
1589 English–Spanish conflict / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The siege of Coruña, also known as the defence of Corunna, was a series of military encounters between the English Armada and the defenders of the fishermen's city of Coruña in Galicia that lasted for two weeks in May 1589. The siege was the first interaction between the English Armada, a retaliatory English expedition within the Anglo-Spanish war, and the Spanish troops, and set the tone for the rest of the campaign. The siege ended in failure, and the English moved on to besiege Lisbon.
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Siege of Coruña | |||||||
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Part of the Anglo–Spanish War (1585–1604) and the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
![]() Monument of the heroine Maria Pita in the Square of the Town Hall of A Coruña | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
Six galleons 60 armed merchant vessels 60 Dutch flyboats 20 pinnaces 27,667 men Total: 180+ ships |
1 galleon 1,500 men | ||||||
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1,500 killed or died 3 large ships sunk or captured 1,000 deserted on ten small ships |
1,000+ killed, wounded or captured, 400+ Civilians killed great material destruction in the lower city 3 galleons sunk or scuttled |
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