The Last Invasion of Mainland Britain - The Battle of Fishguard 1797
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- 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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Very interesting and well presented. I enjoyed that, thank you. Also I'm not surprised that one woman with a pitchfork captured 12 french soldiers, I've seen all my life what welsh women are capable of lol
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@@TheHistoryChap as your asking, i would like to hear about the history of neath fair, i think it started in 1280 and is the first or second oldest in the uk
@@ginge7945 Ha ha, that serves me right for asking! I didn't know Neath fair was so old. Watch this space you never know what I may come up with. Speaking to a couple of folk about possibly doing something regarding Llantwit Major.
@@TheHistoryChap yes neath fair goes back many many centuries, i wouldn't be surprised if some famous names were mentioned. I know houdini came to neath to do a stunt but don't know if it was anything to do with the fair? Also i remember my father telling me about pro boxers who would travel and fight normal men in neath fair.
@@ginge7945 I'm from neath lol crynant to be exact and like always the Welsh leading the charge and giving the French a bloody good hiding and the boxing at neath fair still happens just not in a ring more like behind the market lol
I am from Fishguard. To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the invasion a group of local women made the massive tapestry from which you show the image of Jemima Nicholas. It can still be viewed in Fishguard. The memorial stone you showed is at Carregwasted Point near the village of Llanwnda where the French landed. The surrender document was signed in the Royal Oak pub in Fishguard.
Thanks for taking the time to share.
This is one of those times when - "The first casualty upon contact with the enemy is the plan."
I like that you do videos on seldom heard of actions. I did know this invasion happened and I have studied military history for years. Thanks for your work.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.
A perfect trivia question: What was the last invasion of mainland Britain? I can't wait to test my friends. Wonderful story, Chris. Cheers!
Very interesting, Fishguard is the only battle honour in the British Army on British soil.
It is carried by the Royal Logistics Corps, who’s predecessors fought there.
I actually served with the descendants of one of the officers who fought there.
Thanks for sharing.
Hello Chris. On this day, which marks the 225th anniversary of that French fiasco, I am mindful of telling a friend of mine, who was born in Fishguard, about your entertaining video synopsis. I am sure that he will enjoy it.
Please do. I would love to get over there to do an on-site video but it is a bit of a trip (and certainly has been during lockdown!)
What a neat story, I had never heard anything about this. Thanks for what you do.
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A 47 Year Old Woman armed with a Pitchfork Captured 12 French Soldiers lol that sums up the French 🤣🤣🤣
Great funny post. Good for Jemima Nichols and her pitchfork are. I love that they didn't see the red coats as they thought. Another thing I didn't learn in school.
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Great content. Really enjoyed getting more context to this incident. Cheers, M
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Great yarn!
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Didn’t know this, thank you.
The fun of British history is that there are so many secret stories.
Loved it. Thank you.
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What a giggle! Between the dreaded Welsh Redcoats and the gal with the pitchfork, the renowned Black Legion, the last invasion of Britain was crushed.
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Very good video. However, did Tate himself make the decision to feed his force by foraging? I think that that "living off the land" i.e. foraging for food was the normal mode of feeding French armies during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. It tended to make the French unpopular with the subject population, as was demonstrated in the Iberian Peninsular.
Richard, thanks for sharing your thoughts. It would certainly make them unpopular.
Quick point, Napoleon did not come to power in France until 1799. It was the Committee of Public Safety that ordered the operations outlined in the video.
Thank you
Being Feb 4th upon this viewing gives me 18 days to commemorate this occasion. And there I was thinking it would be just another Wednesday. Thanks!
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Fantastic, after living in Holyhead for seven years I can understand why they surrendered to a load of Welsh ladies......... Fearsome!
Ha ha, thanks for commenting
What a splendid story of discipline, sacrifice, and heroism
Thanks for watching, and for taking the time to comment
I did NOT know about this! Thanks - again - for educating us with such panache!...🙏
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Only an Irish American would be foolish to accept the position as commander of an ill fated force of second rate French troops. God bless Sir.
More comedy than battle!
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superb please keep them coming
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Brilliant. Thanks for posting.
My pleasure. Had you heard that story before?
@@TheHistoryChap Actually, no. When I saw the title, I expected something about Napoleon's plans as his army was encamped on the Channel. I had no idea any of what you discussed took place.
Great account. Look forward to more. Keep up the good work 👍
Thank you! Will do!
Did they decorate the lass with the pitchfork? Great stuff!
I seem to think she was awarded a small pension (but I could be wrong).
@@TheHistoryChap that's actually cool!
Just loved it, knew all about it, but this presentation just made me laugh on a miserable Sunday morning after the England - France match at Twikehmam.....11th March 2023
Glad it restored your spirits.
A great story! Thank you for sharing. 😊
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I knew about the wreck of the French fleet off Bantry Bay, but not about Fishguard (I know a Welshman from there, he lives in Australia). I am a descendant of one of the Wicklow Martyrs who were sent to Australia for their part in the 1798 rebellion. As I remember there was another attempt to organise a naval invasion, involving Wolf Tone and France. I thought it was off Holland or something and again the weather played a big part. Do you know anything about that mate???
Hi Mickey,
The 1798 United Irishmen rebellion is not one of my areas of expertise, so I can't shed any light on your question.
It is amazing how often the weather screwed up potential invasions over the centuries.
Best wishes
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Love it. Can just imagine all the French soldiers running away when they saw the Welsh women arriving.
Comic value for sure.
Napoleon does not officially come to power until the coup of November 1799 when he reorganizes the government and becomes First Consul. In 1804 he would adopt the title of Emperor of the French.
I find it a little strange that you talk about these events in the year 1797 as being part of the Napoleonic Wars.
I have been reading quite a bit about the Napoleonic Wars and the French Revolution and you make it sound like Napoleon had a hand in planning the invasion. I don't think this was actually the case if my recollections are correct. I believe members of the French government made a request for Napoleon to lead an invasion of Britain, but Napoleon declined basically saying that a successful invasion was not viable. It was probably somewhere around this time Napoleon made a counter offer to invade Egypt in order to attack Britain indirectly.
Jennifer, thank you for taking the time to comment and put me right on my description of the Napoleonic Wars and also of Napoleon Bonaparte's position in the command structure in 1797.
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May I make some suggestions for further reading and research?
A youtuber by the name "This is Barris!" has a series of videos on Robespierre, while the videos do primarily deal with Robespierre, along the way you get a summary of how the revolutionary government evolved and changed.
The youtube channel "Epic History TV" has a series on Napoleon's Marshals and another series covering Napoleon's major battles as First Consul and Emperor. I suspect they will eventually do more videos on Napoleon's Italian and Egyptian campaign, but alas they do not exist yet.
Book: "Killing Napoleon: The Plot to Blow Up Bonaparte" by Jonathan North (2019).
Book: "This Dark Business: The Secret War Against Napoleon" by Tim Clayton (2018).
Book: "Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna" by Adam Zamoyski (2007).
Book: "Napoleon: A Life" by Andrew Roberts (2014).
I don't expect you will be able to find a lot of reading material on these topics in terms of books, but you ought to be able to find some information using google and youtube.
"League of Armed Neutrality," "battle of Copenhagen 1801," "battle of Copenhagen 1807," "Napoleon's Imperial Catechism."
The historical period of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars are simultaneously frustrating and fascinating to study because of how complicated everything is--that is if you dig deep enough under the surface. There is a fair bit of myth and misinformation that is accepted as fact and still other events we have multiple surviving accounts that differ as to what actually happened.
More than two hundred years after his death most people probably still believe that Napoleon was abnormally short, when in reality he was slightly above average (for this period of history) at approximately 5 feet and 6.5 inches tall.
I have read a lot, but there are gaps in my knowledge. Eventually, I wouldn't mind studying in greater depth Napoleon's intervention in Haiti and "The Spanish Ulcer."
Have a good day.
@@jennifertennent8319 Thanks for taking the time to give me some really useful pointers about this period in history. Yes, I'm sure that Napoleon's involvement in Haiti would be very interesting. Maybe you could do a UA-cam talk on it?
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As articular as I may be in writing. I am not entirely sure my voice, physical appearance and presence would have the desired effect. It also doesn't hurt if you can incorporate relevant visual aids. I am afraid my computer skills are lagging.
Maybe one of these days I will get around to making a UA-cam channel in service of a topic I am passionate about.
--Happy hunting with your scholastic endeavors Mr. History Chap.
Interestingly during the 7 years war, a privateer called thurot landed and captured Carrickfergus. There is still a window cill there where a wee boy wanted to get involved. He was taken by the scruff of the neck by a Frenchman and lifted out of harm's way.
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing
Some people have the talent to bring their subject to life.You,sir,are one of them.I think you could enliven the phone book.New to your videos so I am looking forward to spending some time being taught by you.Thank you.
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100% agree
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I was (sort of !) pleased to hear the city of my birth Bristol get mentioned in this video Chris. Although I only lived there to the age of 9 before moving across to the either side of the Severn estuary.
PS : I quite like a glass or two of Portuguese wine myself ! 😎
Thanks for watching. My video about the Barbary pirates and England’s white slaves mentions Lundy Island which isn’t too far away 😃
Another excellent video..
Glad you enjoyed it
Thankyou , keep it up.
Will do. Thanks for your support.
Spot on.
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@@TheHistoryChap the Glorious Glosters on imjin river... scandalously under reported really.
@@andybrennand1576 Andy, I have actually delivered a talk on it! I will dig it out and re-work. Watch this space or better still join my mailing list by signing up for my latest talk about how the Tudors won the throne of England at www.thehistorychap.com
Across the pond:"So Colonel Tate how were your adventures in europe vs those dastardly British?," VVVlong uncomfortable silence.
Ha ha...
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Brilliant!
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Another great piece of our history!....Bravo Sir!
The Irish would latch onto old Nick if he was anti British for goodness sake....the French in this instance, and the Nazis during the second world war, with operation Kathleen and operation green...two frighteningly real and close to home for some of us in Northern Ireland.
Love the Hattie Jacques reference there too...lol
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Old Nick was always on the British side.
@@duibheasaoreilly167 Whatever you say (unpronounceable) O'Reilly.
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Interesting story well told as usual, I always wondered how the French explained their defeat when they got back home!
Feels like a comedy moment explanation
If they ran true to form, they claimed that the English cheated.
Great little story! We done Chris!
Thank you.
Dear history chap you want to look up when Britain took part of Manila Philippines from the Spanish in 1757. And it had it's own flag the union jack with red and white stripes going length ways
Blimey, the British got everywhere. Thanks for adding to my knowledge this morning. I will look it up (maybe even a talk?)
Loved the story.
Thank you.
It is funny when I hear how anti-English the Welsh are. I have been to Cardiff, Swansea, Tenby and people have been nothing but lovely. There is always an element who live into the past. Great video by the way.
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good one
Glad you enjoyed.
The French could not possibly have been serious! What a fiasco!
Maybe there is a comedy film in the making!
I loved this video Chris, things like this were never taught in school. As for William Tate, he probably went off and died of shame, Arrested by a batch of Welsh women would totally demoralise him I expect.
Be great if you could tell the story of The battle of Wem, one of the battles of the English Civil War. Thanks again for such an entertaining and informative story, keep 'em coming ❤
The battle of Wem? I haven’t heard of it. Are you talking of Wem in Shropshire?
@@TheHistoryChap yes I am, the men had gone off to fight leaving the women to defend Wem, not telling you any more, I think you will tell the story not only in an entertaining way, but in a way which will honour those ladies. And now I am going to listen to your talk about the V.A.D
Another interesting story.
Thank you.
I suppose it depends on your definition of "Britain*, but the Channel Islands had some unwanted foreign visitors in 1940 - my Great Uncle and his wife didn't survive the experience
yes, not sure whether they are officially classed as Britain or a Crown Dependancy. Either way, my title focused on "mainland Britain".
Wishing you a great weekend.
Yes, people also forget the various Jacobite rebellions where Spanish troops ( Glen Shiel 1719) landed or the French troops in the 1745, and the Irish regiments in French service that came with Bonnie Prince Charlie.
Stan, thanks for supplying that information
@@TheHistoryChap never mind the umpteen other 'invasions' that took place between the two dates. Its a total myth that Britain has not been successfully invaded since 1066.
G'day any chance of doing an episode on another invasion in Wales, the Flemish one at Mwnt?
Les, thanks for the idea. Welsh speakers will be appalled by my pronunciation !
Those winds pointing them away from Bristol are quite unusual right? i thought Britain had a constant west to east wind direction.
Correct.
The Hotel and night club there is still called Frenchmans Creek
Thanks for sharing
I believe an American ship landed some sailors in England during the war of 1812. While there was no fighting and the Americans left again it was technically an invasion as a state of war existed between Britain and The USA at the time.
Wasn’t aware of that. Thanks for sharing.
Can't believe I'd never heard of this event before! God bless those Welsh women in redcoats lol.
It is a great story isn't it?
When I came across it I knew I had to tell it.
@@TheHistoryChap Brilliant mate! Keep up the marvellous work.
Interesting little bit of history there - thanks!
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Great story, and I can assure you, you don't want to mess with some of the women here in Wales!!..
Ha ha, Cardiff on a Friday night! 🤣
😂 An absolutely humorous tale of anything which can go wrong will go wrong. To think the mighty Legion Noir was defeated by a woman with a pitchfork and a consortium of Welsh women in their costumes is absolutely hilarious! 💯 I would love to have been a fly on the wall when they told Napoleon about that defeat! 😅
I’ve met plenty of Welshwomen, don’t mess with them!
Bit early for Napoleon ain’t it? Good fun anyway! Thank you!
he was a mere up & coming soldier at that time.
A very amusing "invasion".
Tate guessing that the Welsh were ready for an uprising was a huge miscalculation, rivalry between England and Wales, sure....but when the island is being invaded by foreigners, especially the French, well then English and Welsh differences would be put aside.
I guess Tate should've considered himself lucky that he didn't land on Scottish territory...if he did,I suspect that there wouldn't be anyone left for a prisoner swap.
Laughing at your last comment ;)
My sisters birthday. Didnt the women scare the French with their hats????
Welsh women can be very scary!
Sounds like divine intervention to me. God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to perform. He plants His footsteps in the sea and rides upon the storm.
Thanks for taking the time to share your comment.
Hardly a battle unless you are referring to the battle between a Frenchman and a bottle of wine , in which case the bottle of wine always loses .Even less an invasion more like an excursion .
One man’s heroic battle is another’s chaotic excursion 😀
Hilarious!
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Huzzah and God bless Wales....and Welsh women.
Indeed. Thanks for sharing.
6:12 Who would win?
Trained french soilders on invading mainland britain vs some Welsh woman
7:30 French: "aaaaaaah"
"French why are you running? why are running?"
French: "There red coat soilders are coming."
Bunch a Welsh women
(Referance to ua-cam.com/video/FAB9KpZtnZs/v-deo.html )
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I just clicked on this video as my driving instructor keeps telling me the last invasion was 200 years age it's February 22nd 00:32 2024 ( what are the odds of me clicking on this 226 years later 😮 )
Spooky! I hope you found this interesting
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You must do so much research think I'll stick to vehicles 😉
Wasn't there an invasion during the English Civil War? some Irish landed in support of the king?
Yes they did, that was 150 years before this event.
I "Did Not!" know of this history. I thought US Americans are the Last invasion of the British Isles as a way for our Naval to force multiply and pull local Britt forces back home to the Isles from our War for Independance.
You learn something new every day! Thanks for watching
I did read about this at one time and it was just a small article in a paper which I thought should have been given more coverage, not only that we should use it to rub the noses of the French in it; they talk about the honour of France and their great conquests which apart from their large armies attacking smaller armies and conquest is not that honourable
Dan, you are making me chuckle.
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meanwhile Brits greatest success are aganist mostly weakly armed natives of various colonies........yea ok.
Can we class the battle of britian an attempt to invade out little island as well???
Jordan, good question. I would class it as a pre-cursor for an invasion, rather like Trafalgar.
Also 1798 was a critical time for the birth of Irish republicanism in Ireland on cave hill in Belfast.
A very interesting moment in history.
Just goes to show you that all patriots ought to have a well stocked wine cellar. And while we are at it whiskey as well!
God save the King!
I'll drink to that..
Ha ha, I could sign up to that too!
Sounds rather typical of Napoleon’s failures (edit) even if it was prior to his ascension to power.
A bright idea, but under-resourced, under-prepared, lousy intelligence, the wrong leaders and the wrong troops.
Napoleon had a bit of a habit of issuing orders without regard for conditions, basing plans on out-dated intelligence and putting his trust in “erratic” subordinates. Napoleon-romantics frequently try to blame those subordinates and the conditions, but it was the Emperor who must take responsibility for choosing them and disregarding the handicaps under which he instructed them to fight.
It’s a common theme in the Peninsular War, not to mention the contributions of Grouchy and Ney during Waterloo.
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I've often called France the Iran of Europe..it seems they were exporting terror and dividing country's long befor the yanks ...its also not well reported the lvl of french involvement in that either !
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The Portuguese helped the British victory with their wine, lmao.
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Ha! so the Brits// French haven"t scrapped in over 200 years? OMG ! We have peace in our time!
It must be some sort of record!!!!
Interesting account.
If the French had landed up here in the North East, they'd have been massacred. We like a good fight up here.
Northumbria was always the wild West in Anglo-Saxon England
@@TheHistoryChap Not much has changed then.
If only Specsavers where around then Tate would've won oh well.
Ha ha...if only in deed....
I'm not suprised the Northern Fleet mutinied 😆 What a hair-brained scheme!!! Just imagine being on one of those ships... you'd have been in a rage just asking yourself just how mad you country's leadership actually was and how expendable they'd decided you were!
I don't have the highest opinion of Napoleon, but hearing this story I'm genuinely surprised Napoleonic France could be quite that daft....
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The Welsh gals stuck it to 'em . Another frog flogging .
Thanks for commeting.
France to win. I would never be able to contemplate the alternative.
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1688 was the last successful invasion.
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Most historians tend to view 1688 as a coup rather than an invasion .
@@TheHistoryChapyes I know. History is written by the victors though isn't it. No one talks about the Dutch regiments that landed. Love your channel and videos, Thank you!
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Luv it - a bunch of rat arsed froggie lags beaten by Hattie Jakes and a some Welsh gurls
Don't mess with the Welsh gurls!
After Napoleon, the French battle flag has been white!
Ouch!
Wasn't that post 1814 flag a reintroduction of the white pre-revolution French naval flag but with the addition of the Bourbon coat of arms?
@@mikebrown3772 Nope
If they tried to invade Bristol city centre on a Friday/Saturday night god help em are troops could have sat back and watched with a nice cider :)
A not like Cardiff on a weekend evening too 🤣
Great funny post. Good for Jemima Nichols and her pitchfork are. I love that they didn't see the red coats as they thought. Another thing I didn't learn in school.
It does have the feel of an Ealing comedy about it!
I'd love to see more welsh history it goes back 1000s of years we beat the vikings and the saxons held out until the normans invaded Britain all I have to say is good luck with pronouncing the names of places and people
Ha ha, there will be Welsh speakers cringing at my pronouncing. It is, however, a fascinating history - especially the whole post-Roman to 1066 period.
The ‘Roman Invasion’ is not what most are led to believe either. Julius Caesar got his butt booted out of Britain more than once. They did not get their ‘foothold’ until Claudius’ time and that involved betrayal. Queen of the Brigantes dobbed in Caradog (a relative). He was taken to Rome in chains but allowed to live. Much more to this story… find his speech on line. Beware of illustrations! He was no knuckle-dragging tree swinger… the records say that he wore trousers that reached to his ankles and spoke Latin and Greek as though educated in the Lyceum.