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The English invasion of France of 1230 was a military campaign undertaken by Henry III of England in an attempt to reclaim his family rights and inheritance to the territories of France, held prior to 1224. The English army did not seek battle with the French, did not invade the Duchy of Normandy and marched south to the County of Poitou.
The Battle of Fishguard was a military invasion of Great Britain by Revolutionary France during the War of the First Coalition. The brief campaign, on 22–24 February 1797, is the most recent landing on British soil by a hostile foreign force, and thus is often referred to as the "last invasion of mainland Britain".
The 1536 Italian War of 1536–1538, Spanish invasion of France The 1562 English expedition to France , led by England during the French Wars of Religion The 1746 War of the Austrian Succession , Austria-Italian forces supported by the British navy attempted to invade southern France
The 1513 invasion of England by the Scots under James IV, which culminated in the Battle of Flodden; The 1545 French invasion of the Isle of Wight during the Italian Wars; The 1588 Spanish Armada was a failed invasion of England after it was heavily defeated by storms and the English fleet. The 1595 Spanish successful raid on Cornwall.
Inspection of troops at Boulogne, 15 August 1804 Drop Redoubt, part of the Dover Western Heights complex. From 1803 to 1805 a new army of 200,000 men, known as the Armée des côtes de l'Océan (Army of the Ocean Coasts) or the Armée d'Angleterre (Army of England), was gathered and trained at camps at Boulogne, Bruges, and Montreuil.
The Battle of Fishguard was a military invasion of Great Britain by Revolutionary France during the War of the First Coalition.The brief campaign, on 22–24 February 1797, is the most recent landing on British soil by a hostile foreign force, and thus is often referred to as the "last invasion of mainland Britain".
A French invasion of Great Britain was planned to take place in 1759 during the Seven Years' War, but due to various factors (including naval defeats at the Battle of Lagos and the Battle of Quiberon Bay) was never launched. The French planned to land 100,000 French soldiers in Britain to end British involvement in the war.
Great Britain France Dutch Republic Savoy. Spain. Jacobites. British Allied victory: Royal navy won a battle; a small-scale Jacobite invasion was defeated; Treaty of The Hague: Spanish attempt at expansion fails. Dummer's War (1721–1725) New England Colonies Mohawk: Wabanaki Confederacy: British victory