Medina Sidonia may have made no decisive command error in the campaign

Evidence

It is at least arguable, however, that no one could. Unless he could have cut off the Ark Royal and her two companions that Monday morning off Tor Bay it is hard to point out a mistake he made which affected the outcome of the campaign. It can be argued that all his other decisions, including the decision to anchor at Calais and the choice of the route home, were as sound as his personal conduct was courageous. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 843

Categorization

• XREF: Extends the revisionist case from earlier — Howard fought correctly, and so did Medina Sidonia. — connects to: Medina Sidonia’s leadership enabled rapid reassembly of the scattered Armada — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 749; Both English commanders expected a further battle that never came — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 758; Medina Sidonia’s abandonment of the Rosario marked his first real failure — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 645 (+2 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 843