Queen Elizabeth personally inspected her army at Tilbury

Evidence

Her Majesty was on her way to inspect her army at Tilbury. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 770

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 770
• XREF: connects to: The bond between Elizabeth and her people was genuinely fervent — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 47; Real danger braced rather than unnerved Elizabeth — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 777