FOREIGN INVASION.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 111, 12 May 1909, Page 11

FOREIGN INVASION.

LANDINGS ON THE ENGLISH COAST. AN INTERESTING 'LIST. Great Britain has been for so long exempt from foreign invasion that 'twill come as a surprise to many people to learn that there have been more than fifty successful landings on the coa6t since the historic event at Hastings. The following list gives particulars of all the landings and invasions indicated on the map sinco 1066 : — 1066 (28th September)— " William 'the Conqueror landed at Hastings. 1069— The Danish Invasion up the number in concert with the Revolt of the Earls against William. York sacked. I 1101 — Robert of Normandy landed at I Portsmouth. : 1139 — Matilda, granddaughter of William | the Conqueror, landed at Portsmouth. Took King Stephen prisoner. JL2I5 — Louis, son oi Philip 11. of Prance (Louis VIII.), landed at Sandwich, in Kent. Marched on London. King John compelled to fly to the Welsh ■Marshes. (1315— Edward 'Bruce, with 6000 men, landed at Oldei fleet, Ireland. Crowned King at Dundalk, defeated and slain by Sir John Birmingham at the Battle of -Dundalk. {L 326 — Isabella, Queen of Edward 11. , landed at Orwell, Suffolk. Deposed King Edward. o.377—^French attacked Dartmouth. 1377— French attacked Rye. 1377 — French attacked Portsmouth. 1399 — Henry Bolingbroke, afterwards Henry IV., while Richard 11. was in Ireland, landed at Ravenspur, in Yorkshire, and deposed Richard. 1405—12,000 French landed at Milford Haven' and joined the- Welsh rebel Owen Glendower. They take Carmarthen. 1470— .'Warwick, the "King-maker, ' landed at Dartmouth. Drove Edward IV. out of England. Reinstated iHeury VI. 1471— Margaret, Queen of Henry VI., landed at Weymouth. Defeated at Tewkesbuiy. 1471— Edward IV. attacked Ravenspur. 1485— Henry Tudor (Henry VII.), with 3000 Frenchmen, landed at .Milford Haven. Defeated and slew Richard till, at llosworlh, and is himself crowned King. 1486 — Lambei't 'Simnel landed in Dublin Two thousand German troops und°r Matehal Swartz crossed to Lancashire. 1487— Simnel landed at Foudray. Defeated al SLoko-on-Trent. 1492— Warbeck landed in Cork. 1495— Warbeck landed in Deal with 600 men. I 1495 — ."Warbeck besieged Waterford unsuccessfully for seven, days. 1497— iWarbeck landed at Whitesand Bay, Cornwall. Besieged Exeter with 3000 men. and was defeated and executed. 1513— The Earl of Arran, with 3000 men and 23 ships, landed at Carrickfergus and burned the town. 1557 — Thomas Stafford, nephew of Cardinal Pole, landed at Scarborough and seized the castle, which he held for three days, and was then executed. 1559—1000 Frenchmen lauded at Leith and fortified the town. 1579— Phillip 11. of Spain despatched a force, under James Fitzmaurieo, of Spaniards and Italians, and landed al Smerthwick, in Ireland. 1580— Philip 11. and Pope Gregory XIII. sent, a larger expedition of 8000 sojdiers, whQ landed at Smerthwick. 1601— Spanish Fleet, fifty ships, 3000 men, under Aguilla, landed and captured Kinsale. 1601 — Six other ships of Spanish troops land near Cape Clear. 1650 — Montrose landed at Orkney in Scotland. Defeated and executed. 1650 — Charles 11. landed at the mouth of the Spey, Scotland, with the Dutch Fleet. Crowned King of Scone. ' Defeated at the Battle of Worcester ;N; N escaped to France. 1667— Dutch Fleet, under De Witt, took Sheerness. Sailed up the Thames aud burned Chatham Dockyard. Sank several ships of war in the Thames. 1667— (April). Dutch Fleet attack Burnt Island, in Fifeshire, Scotland, and retire. 1685— Argyll lands at Cantyre in support of the Duke of Monmouth. 1685— Monroouth lands at Lynn, Devon ; attempts to take Bristol with 6000 men. Defeated at Scdgemoor and executed. 1688 — William of Orange, with 600 transports, fifty men of war, arrived at Tor Bay, Devon. Entered Exeter with 13,000 men. Afterwards crowned William 111. 1689 — James 11. landed at Kinsale with 1300 French and Irish followers. Afterwards defeated at the Battle of Boyne. 1690 — Lauzun landed in Ireland with 7300 French troops. 1690— De Tourville. French Fleet took and destroyed Teignmouth, Devonshire. 1691— -General St. Ruth landed with French forces at Limerick. 1715— The Pretender landed at Peterhead. 1719— Spanish troops (300) landed at Glenshiel in Ross-shire. Defeated by General Wightman. 1745— The Pretender, Charles Edward, landed in the Hebrides. 1745 — Small French force land at Montrose. The Pretender was victorious at Preskmpans aid Falkirk. Finally defeated at Culloden Moor. 1760— Thurot, otherwise O'Farrell, Commodore in the French Navy, landed with 1000 men at Carrickfergus. 177b 1 (April 23).— Paul Jones landed at Whitehaven. 1778 — Paul Jones landed at Kirkcudbright and destroyed the residence of Lord Selkirk. 1778 (24th April)— Paul Jones arrived at Carrickfergus. Captured and destroyed the warship Drake. 1779— Paul Jones attempts Leith. 1796 — An expedition under General Hoche, Grouchy and Wolfe Tone entered Bantry Bay with 15,000 French troops, but did not land. 1797 (February)— l4oo French troops landed at Fishguard. 1798 — General Humbert and ICCO men landed at Killala Bay. Defeated the English under General Lake at Castlebar, marched on Dublin, and were defeated by General Cornwallis with 20,000 troops at Ballinamuck. 1798 (October)— General Savary, with 2000 French troops, anchored in Killala Bay, but hearing of Humbert's defeat returned to France. 1798 (10th October}— General Hardie and Wolfe Tone, with a large body of French troops, arrived at Loch Swilly, and were defeated after engagement with Admiral Warren.

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