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The Battle of Fishguard was a military invasion of Great Britain by Revolutionary France during the War of the First Coalition. The brief campaign, on 22–24 February 1797, is the most recent landing on British soil by a hostile foreign force, and thus is often referred to as the "last invasion of mainland Britain".
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An invasion is a military offensive in which sizable number of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objectives of establishing or re-establishing control, retaliation for real or perceived actions, liberation of previously lost territory, forcing the partition of a country, gaining concessions or access to ...
The Oxford history of the British army (Oxford UP, 2003). Cole, D. H and E. C Priestley. An outline of British military history, 1660-1936 (1936). online; Higham, John, ed. A Guide to the Sources of British Military History (1971) 654 pages excerpt; Highly detailed bibliography and discussion up to 1970. Sheppard, Eric William.
Caesar's invasions of Britain: England Roman tributaries set up in a limited area. [1] 49–96 [A.D.] Roman conquest of Britain: Great Britain Roman Empire conquers Britain from the native Celts [2] 208–10 Severan invasion of Caledonia: Scotland Part of the Roman occupation of Britain: Roman failure- withdrawal to Hadrian's Wall [3] 286–96 ...
The (1779) never executed Franco-Spanish plans to invade Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. Landing of a small French force, led by the Irish-American William Tate, at Fishguard in February 1797; The (1803–1809) planned but never executed Napoleonic invasion of Britain, constantly thwarted by the Royal Navy.
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Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom (3 C, 19 P) S. Invasions of Scotland (2 C, 6 P) W. Invasions of Wales (4 P) Pages in category "Invasions of the ...