Battle of Fishguard

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The Battle of Fishguard was a brief 1797 military engagement in Wales in which local forces repelled a small French invasion, often remembered as the last armed invasion of mainland Britain.

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Battle of Fishguard canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
invasion of Britain ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Last invasion of Britain ⓘ
associatedWith Jemima Nicholas ⓘ
belligerent French First Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
BritishCommander John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor ⓘ
linked to: Campbell of Cawdor
BritishForceSize approximately 600–700 militia and volunteers ⓘ
casualtiesBritish minimal ⓘ
casualtiesFrench low, including some killed and wounded ⓘ
combatant British local militia ⓘ
Fishguard Volunteer Infantry ⓘ
French First Republic ⓘ
Pembrokeshire Yeomanry ⓘ
commander Lord Cawdor ⓘ
linked to: Campbell of Cawdor

William Tate ⓘ
conflict French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
culturalMemory often portrayed as a comic or farcical invasion ⓘ
date 1797-02-22 ⓘ
endDate 1797-02-24 ⓘ
FrenchCommander Colonel William Tate ⓘ
FrenchForceSize approximately 1,200 soldiers ⓘ
FrenchObjective divert British forces from other fronts ⓘ
incite Welsh rebellion against British rule ⓘ
hasPart French landing at Carreg Wastad Point ⓘ
French surrender at Goodwick Sands ⓘ
historicalSignificance last time foreign troops landed in force on mainland Britain ⓘ
invasionType amphibious landing ⓘ
landingSite Carreg Wastad Point ⓘ
legacy commemorated locally in Fishguard and Goodwick ⓘ
subject of Welsh folklore ⓘ
location Pembrokeshire ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
near Fishguard ⓘ
Goodwick ⓘ
notableFor French troops looting local farms and villages ⓘ
being remembered as the last armed invasion of mainland Britain ⓘ
rapid collapse of French discipline ⓘ
partOf Expédition d’Irlande operations ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
place Fishguard ⓘ
precededBy French attempts to land forces in Ireland ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
French surrender ⓘ
surrenderDate 1797-02-24 ⓘ
surrenderLocation Goodwick Sands ⓘ
year 1797 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Last invasion of Britain → hasPart → Battle of Fishguard ⓘ
Carreg Wastad Point → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Fishguard ⓘ
William Tate → participatedIn → Battle of Fishguard ⓘ
French invasion of Fishguard → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Fishguard ⓘ