Both English commanders expected a further battle that never came

Evidence

No more than Howard did Drake foresee that they would not fight with this Armada again. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 758

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the narrative irony of decisive victories where the victors don’t realize decisiveness yet — parallels accounts of Bunker Hill or Waterloo evening. — connects to: Medina Sidonia may have made no decisive command error in the campaign — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 843; Decisive battles only validate already probable outcomes — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 899
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 758

Library Connections

• Decisive battles only validate already probable outcomes #complicates (0.50) — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 899

Broader Connections

• Medina Sidonia may have made no decisive command error in the campaign #qualifies (0.60) — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 843