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22nd February 1797: The last invasion of Britain takes place, leading to the Battle of Fishguard
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:39
Publish Date: 2018-02-21 21:05:12
Description: The last invasion of Britain by a hostile foreign force began when French troops under the command of the Irish-American Colonel William Tate landed near the Welsh town of Fishguard. Britain joined the War of the First Coalition against Revolutionary France in 1793. Three years later the French General Lazare Hoche devised a plan to invade Britain in support of the Republican Society of United Irishmen under Wolfe Tone. Two of the three intended invasion forces were stopped by poor weather, leaving only the 1,400 troops of La Legion Noire (The Black Legion) to launch their attack on Bristol. Since the ...
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