“. . . The Admiral . . . commanded his fleet not to fall upon [the Spanish ships]. . . . Notwithstanding, the Vice-Admiral, Sir
Richard Grenville, being in the ship called the Revenge, went into the Spanish fleet and shot among them, doing them great hurt; and thinking the rest of the company would have followed: which they did not, but left him there and sailed away. The cause why, could not be known. Which the Spaniards perceiving, with seven or eight ships they boarded her: but she withstood them all, fighting with them, at the least, twelve hours together: and sank two of them. . . . But, in the end, by reason of the number that came upon her, she was taken; to their great loss: for they had lost in fighting and by drowning, above four hundred men. Of the Englishmen, there were slain about a hundred.” —John Huyghen Van Linschoten,
as quoted in Eyewitness to History
What did Grenville wrongly believe?
a.
The other ships would leave him on his own.
b.
The other ships would come with him.
c.
The Spaniards were undefeatable.
d.
The Admiral disliked him.
Please select the best answer from the choices provided
The Vice Admiral was simple to believe that the fleet would disobey the Admirals orders over his own. He thought they would follow his orders and follow him into battle agains the Spaniards.
