Stymieing the armada’s plans to meet up with the duke of parma’s army off the coast of flanders, the reason for the defeat of the spanish armada was not only due to gale winds that favored the british but also the sacrificing of eight war ships as "fire ships," vessels filled with flammable materials and sent downwind toward the closely-anchored spanish fleet.
(a) stymieing the armada’s plans to meet up with the duke of parma’s army off the coast of flanders, the reason for the defeat of the spanish armada was not only due to gale winds that favored the british but also the sacrificing
(b) the defeat of the spanish armada, which stymied the armada’s plans to meet up with the duke of parma’s army off the coast of flanders, was not only due to gale winds that favored the british but also the sacrifice
(c) the defeat of the spanish armada, which stymied the armada’s plans to meet up with the duke of parma’s army off the coast of flanders, was not only due to gale winds that favored the british but also the sacrificing
(d) stymieing the armada’s plans to meet up with the duke of parma’s army off the coast of flanders, the reason for the defeat of the spanish armada was not only gale winds that favored the british but also the sacrificing
(e) stymieing the armada’s plans to meet up with the duke of parma’s army off the coast of flanders, the defeat of the spanish armada was due not only to gale winds that favored the british but also to the sacrifice