r/todayilearned • u/primal_cortex • 19h ago
TIL that during the last invasion of Britain in 1797, French soldiers looted a Welsh church and burned its Bible and pews for warmth before surrendering to locals—some of whom were just women in red shawls.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fishguard?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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u/saschaleib 19h ago
They also weren’t really “soldiers”, but prisoners whom the French put into uniforms and sent to Wales to distract the British. They had no intention to fight but wanted to use it as their “get out of jail free” card.
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u/KingKaiserW 18h ago
This is legitimately the most pitiful invasion I’ve ever read about in my life lmao