Battle of Fishguard

When

22 Feb 1797 – 24 Feb 1797

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

52.00° N, 4.98° W

Description

1797 invasion of Great Britain by the French First Republic

Part of the War of the First Coalition (1797)

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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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The last invasion of Britain begins: French forces, under the command of American Colonel William Tate, land near Fishguard, Wales”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “échec d'un débarquement dans la baie de Fishguard au pays de Galles”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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