The Last Invasion of Mainland Britain - The Battle of Fishguard 1797

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During the Napoleonic wars (or rather the French Revolutionary Wars) there was actually an invasion of Britain.
It was the last invasion of mainland Britain but it lacked the awe of William the Conqueror or the Great Viking armies.

In fact the last invasion of Britain was more like a comedy than an invasion.

Here is the story of the last invasion of mainland Britain resulting in the so-called Battle of Fishguard in 1797.

The French invasion army consisting mainly of convicts landed on a forlorn peninsula in south-western Wales.
Things started to go wrong when the convicts turned revolutionary soldiers discovered a shipwrecked cargo of wine.

This is the farcical story of the last invasion of mainland Britain.

It all came to a head when the local militia turned up and a brief battle ensued (the battle of Fishguard 1797).

Even then the French might have won the day but for the appearance of a local lass armed with a pitchfork.
A Welsh lass with a pitchfork is enough to scare the more hardened of revolutionary convicts...


𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟕𝟗𝟕.


Whilst the end result was a bit of a disaster for the French, had they managed to pull off their original plan it might have been the French who had the last laugh!

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩.𝐜𝐨𝐦

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FAQ

When was the last invasion of mainland Britain?
1797

Who were the last people to invade mainland Britain?
The French

Where was the last invasion of mainland Britain?
Fishguard, Wales

Why did they invade?
It took place during the wars between Great Britain and Revolutionary France.
The landing in Wales was part of a plan to support a rising in Ireland and ignite a revolution in Britain.

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