Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar Laraba 17 ga Afrilu 1589 (duk da cewa wani tushe ya ba da ranar tashi a ranar 18 ga Afrilu), Norreys ya tashi tare da Drake a kan jagorancin rundunar sojojin 23,000 (wanda ya hada da sojoji 19,000 kuma yanzu ana kiransa da
Armada na Ingilishi) a kan manufa don halakar da jirgin ruwa a bakin tekun Spain da kuma sanya mai neman kambin Portugal, Prior na Crato, a kan kursiyin. Corunna ya yi mamaki, kuma ƙananan ɓangaren garin ya ƙone kamar yadda sojojin Norreys suka ci nasara da karfi na 8,000. Edward ya ji rauni sosai a wani hari a kan O Burgo, kuma rayuwarsa ta sami ceto ne kawai ta hanyar ƙarfin ɗan'uwansa. Sa'an nan kuma Norreys ya kai hari Lisbon, amma abokan gaba sun ƙi yin hulɗa da shi, ba shi da wani zaɓi sai dai ya koma teku. Rashin wadataccen kayan aiki da kuma aikinsa ya rage ta hanyar cutar da mutuwa, Norreys ya watsar da manufa ta biyu na kai hari ga Azores, kuma rundunar ta fara komawa Ingila. A farkon Yuli 1589 (Wingfield ya ba da kwanan wata 5 ga Yuli) duk rukunin aikin sun isa gida, wasu sun sauka a Plymouth, wasu a Portsmouth da wasu a London, ba su sami nasara ba. Wannan "English Armada", don haka ƙoƙari ne da ba a yi nasara ba don tura nasarar nasarar Armada ta Spain da kuma kawo yaƙin zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa na arewacin Spain da Lisbon.