Invasions of Britain

[Graeme the mad]

I was atching some great programme last night about invasion of Britain since 1066 (it was first in a series so it only went up to 1800) - I knew about the ones by the french during the hundred years war but I dint know that the spanish sacked mousehole (prounouncd mausaul for some stupid reason) after the Armada.
The dutch sailed along the river thames with 30 men-o-war and burnt a few towns before being repelled

and neither did I know that during the American war of independence the 200 US soldiers landed in some english port (I cant rememeber where - no) and tried to burn all the ships
But all their torches got blown out and they didnt have a tinderbox so they had to go back to their ships

 

[.:KNAS:.]

what are u talking about

 

[Lefty Scaevola]

John Pual Jones raided some port in Scotland or Nothern England IIRC. Raids should not qualify under the commonly accepted meaning of "invasion" which is a major expedition with the puspose of capturing and indefinitely occupying territory.

 

[Sodak]

Isn't there an old quip that

Since 1066, nobody has successfully invaded Britain; Prior to this date, nobody had failed.

?

 

[Crazy Eddie]

Julius Caeser failed, unless you only count that as a punitive raid. (that explanation might be 2000 year old spin of course)
Afraid I missed most of the programme, but hey GtM, "Mausaul" isn't so bad as, say Towcesters pronounciation. ("Toaster", for all those not fortunate enough to be English )

 

[Panzergranadier]

We should remember the german occupation of the Jersey Island during World War II.

 

[TrailblazingScot]

JC failed...he never completed his conquest...as with the viking invasions etc not every invader won...raids don't count as invasions and putting a new king in from a foreign land doesn't!

A successful invasion is like that of the Hispanics and the New World...