Second; β Saint-Denis ; Chartres. Fifth; β Dormans. The Brittany campaign , or the campaign of Brittany , was a military occupation of the Brittany , France , by Spain. The occupation formally ended on May 2, , with the Peace of Vervins.
The Spanish used it as a base of operations to protect the treasure fleets, frustrate English naval operations, make incursions along the English coast and aid the Catholic League , all with the ultimate goal being the invasion of England. On September 22, , the surviving ships of the Grand Armada began to enter various Spanish ports with their battered ships, exhausted crews and a considerable number of sick men on board.
On the other hand, the invasion project was not abandoned and during the last years of the reign of Philip II there were several attempts to carry it out, within the increasingly generalized confrontation to which the two monarchies were forced in different maritime and ground based scenarios, among which the Brittany campaign stands out.
The need to guarantee the safety of Spain's coasts while facing the very real fear of a potential English attack determined the adoption of a series of measures aimed at recovering the combat capacity of Spain's Navy, while at the same time replacing the human losses.
On the one hand, most of the ships that survived the expedition were concentrated in Santander , where the necessary repairs were carried out using all available resources.
