| Tango01 | 31 Mar 2020 1:06 p.m. PST |
"The annals of history record the name of Hastings as the site of the last invasion of mainland Britain by Norman forces in 1066. True, this was the last successful invasion. However, little is reported about the French invasion of Fishguard, which took place in southwest Wales in 1797, nor of the brave resistance offered by Jemima Nicholas, also known as "Jemima Fawr" (Jemima the Great), who single-handedly captured twelve of the invading soldiers. In 1797, Napoleon Bonaparte was busy conquering in central Europe. In his absence the newly formed French revolutionary government, the Directory, appears to have devised a ‘cunning plan' that involved the poor country folk of Britain rallying to the support of their French liberators. Obviously the Directory had recently taken delivery of some newly liberated Brandy!…"
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| Duc de Brouilly | 31 Mar 2020 1:37 p.m. PST |
The annals of history record the name of Hastings as the site of the last invasion of mainland Britain by Norman forces in 1066. True, this was the last successful invasion . Forgive me for trying to sound clever but surely the last successful invasion of Britain by a foreign power was that of another William, William of Orange, in 1688? |
| Glengarry5 | 31 Mar 2020 1:43 p.m. PST |
Shhhhh… 1688 doesn't count! :) |
| Robert le Diable | 31 Mar 2020 2:55 p.m. PST |
"Treason doth never prosper. What's the reason?
Why, if it prosper, none dare call it Treason." Sir John Harington (C. 16th). R Le D. |
| Cerdic | 01 Apr 2020 9:37 a.m. PST |
The Orange was invited over by a powerful faction of English nobs. Doesn't count. The Bastard was the last successful UNINVITED invasion. Even then, it was still essentially one lot of ex-vikings against another lot of ex-vikings… |
| Robert Burke | 01 Apr 2020 11:31 a.m. PST |
I believe that the last successful invasion of England (at least by the French) was led by Edward II's queen, Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer. They led a French force which successfully invaded England in 1326. It eventually led to the abdication of Edward II and his eventual murder. Of course, Queen Isabella was accompanied by her son, Prince Edward (later Edward III) so I guess you could quibble about whether or not this qualifies as an actual invasion as opposed to a family squabble. |
| Robert le Diable | 01 Apr 2020 12:07 p.m. PST |
They've always been a nest of scuts, haven't they?
Cerdic, I don't fully disagree (!), but if these "nobles"(!!) be considered as a group the interests of which are not those of the populace in general, as a "nation within the nation", then they were in effect a set of "fifth columnists" preceding the actual invasion.
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| Tango01 | 01 Apr 2020 12:13 p.m. PST |
Thanks!. Amicalement
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Gunfreak  | 01 Apr 2020 12:59 p.m. PST |
Why no love for the pigeons?
They control everything and even poop on your national heroes. I'd say that's a pretty successful invasion. |
| nsolomon99 | 01 Apr 2020 11:26 p.m. PST |
How stupid is the author of this one …. "Napoleon was busy conquering Central Europe in 1797" !!! Rubbish, he was pushing the Austrians out of Italy!!! Doesn't say much for the knowledge base of the author. |
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