siege of A Coruña

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The siege of A Coruña was a 1589 English attack on the Spanish port city during the failed Counter-Armada campaign following the Spanish Armada.

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siege of A Coruña canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs English siege of A Coruña ⓘ
belligerent English privateers and royal ships ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
campaign Drake–Norris expedition of 1589 ⓘ
cause English attempt to exploit Spanish weakness after the Spanish Armada ⓘ
cityDefended A Coruña ⓘ
combatantStrength Spanish garrison and local militia ⓘ
large English expeditionary force of ships and troops ⓘ
commander Francis Drake ⓘ
John Norris ⓘ
conflict Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) ⓘ
countryOfAttackingForce England ⓘ
countryOfDefendingForce Spain ⓘ
date 1589 ⓘ
defensiveForces Spanish regular troops ⓘ
local Galician militia ⓘ
era Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
failureReason strong Spanish defense and logistical difficulties for the English ⓘ
followedBy English operations against Lisbon in 1589 ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late 16th century ⓘ
impact failed to achieve English strategic aims against Spain ⓘ
landOperations English troops under John Norris ⓘ
location A Coruña ⓘ
Galicia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
militaryTheater Atlantic theater of the Anglo-Spanish War ⓘ
navalInvolvement English fleet under Francis Drake ⓘ
notableFor defense led in part by local heroine María Pita ⓘ
objective capture the port city of A Coruña ⓘ
destroy Spanish shipping and supplies ⓘ
opposingCommander Juan Pacheco y Osorio ⓘ
María Pita ⓘ
outcome English forces withdrew without taking the city ⓘ
partOf Counter-Armada campaign ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Armada

English Counter-Armada ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Armada

wider English strategy to challenge Spanish dominance ⓘ
precededBy Spanish Armada ⓘ
relatedEvent siege of Lisbon (1589) ⓘ
relatedTo Anglo-Spanish War ⓘ
Spanish naval power in the late 16th century ⓘ
result Spanish victory ⓘ
significance demonstrated resilience of Spanish coastal defenses ⓘ
part of the failed English Counter-Armada ⓘ
typeOfAttack amphibious assault ⓘ
year 1589 ⓘ

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Counter-Armada → hasPart → siege of A Coruña ⓘ