Bayan mamayewa da asarar Le Havre a cikin 1562<unk>1563, Elizabeth ta guji tafiye-tafiye na soja a nahiyar har zuwa 1585, lokacin da ta aika da sojojin Ingila don taimakawa 'yan tawayen Protestant Dutch da suka yi wa Philip II. Wannan ya biyo bayan mutuwar abokan hulɗa William the Silent, Prince of Orange, da Duke na Anjou, da kuma mika wuya na jerin garuruwan Holland zuwa Alexander Farnese, Duke na Parma, gwamnan Philip na Netherlands na Spain. A watan Disamba na 1584, wata yarjejeniya tsakanin Philip II da Faransa Katolika League a Joinville ya raunana ikon ɗan'uwan Anjou, Henry III na Faransa, don magance mulkin Spain na Netherlands. Har ila yau, ya fadada tasiri a bakin tekun Faransa, inda Katolika League ya kasance mai karfi, kuma ya fallasa Ingila.
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