Raid on Mount's Bay
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The Raid on Mounts Bay also known as the Spanish attack on Mounts Bay was a Spanish raid on Cornwall, England, that took place between 2 and 4 August 1595 in the context of the Brittany Campaign durin
The Spanish attack Penzance from the book British Battles on Land and Sea, by James Grant
Mousehole
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Mousehole is a village and fishing port in Cornwall, England. It is approximately 2.5 miles south of Penzance on the shore of Mount's Bay. The village is in the civil parish of Penzance. An islet call
Raid on Mount's Bay
…naval squadron led by Carlos de Amésquita on patrol from Brittany, France. The Spanish made landfall in Mount's Bay, then sacked and burned Newlyn, Mousehole, Penzance, and Paul, beating a militia force under Francis Godolphin in the process. In the wake of the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, Philip…
Mousehole Harbour
Seaward view of Mousehole, showing the cave from which the village takes its name
The Mousehole
The Ship Inn