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The French expedition to Ireland, known in French as the Expédition d'Irlande ("Expedition to Ireland"), was an unsuccessful attempt by the French Republic to assist the outlawed Society of United Irishmen, a popular rebel Irish republican group, in their planned rebellion against British rule during the French Revolutionary Wars. The French ...
The Expédition d'Irlande was a French attempt to invade Ireland in December 1796 during the French Revolutionary Wars. Encouraged by representatives of the Society of United Irishmen , an Irish republican organisation, the French Directory decided that the best strategy for eliminating Britain from the war was to invade Ireland , then under ...
15 December – Expédition d'Irlande: French expedition (43 ships and 14,000 men) sails from Brest. 22 December – French fleet, with Wolfe Tone on board, arrives in Bantry Bay, but is unable to land due to contrary winds. [1] Insurrection Act [1] and Treason by Women Act passed. Yeomanry Corps formed. [1]
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French victory 27 November 1796 – 1 February 1797: Siege of Hüningen (1796–97) Rhine 1796 French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy: Coalition victory December 1796: French expedition to Ireland (1796) Overseas French First Republic * United Irishmen Great Britain: Coalition victory 14 – 15 January 1797: Battle of Rivoli: Italy French ...
Expédition d'Irlande → French expedition to Ireland (1796) – The title is not only not the common name, but it is neither English nor unambiguous (see section above). The proposed title is used, e.g., by E. H. Stuart Jones, An Invasion that Failed: The French Expedition to Ireland, 1796 (Oxford, 1950).
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French expedition to Ireland (1796) F. ... Battle of Fombio; Campaigns of 1796 in the French Revolutionary Wars ... Text is available under the Creative Commons ...