A French invasion force consisting of fourteen…

February 1797 CE

A French invasion force consisting of fourteen hundred troops from La Legion Noire (The Black Legion) under the command of Irish American Colonel William Tate lands near Fishguard in Wales on February 22, 1797.

They are met by a quickly assembled group of around five hundred British reservists, militia and sailors under the command of John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor.

After brief clashes with the local civilian population and Lord Cawdor's forces on February 23, Tate is forced into an unconditional surrender by February 24.

This will be the only battle fought on British soil during the Revolutionary Wars.

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Fishguard Pembrokeshire United Kingdom View →

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Irish people View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Protestantism View → Anglicans (Episcopal Church of England) View → Ireland, (English) Kingdom of View → Presbyterians View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → Methodists View → United Irishmen, Society of View → French First Republic View →

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French Revolution View →

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