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Lord George Brydges Rodney
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''Within two little years I have taken two Spanish, one French and one Dutch admirals."
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WARS WON BY ENGLAND/UNITED KINGDOM AGAINST FRANCE:
- Invasion of Normandy 1106
- Louis' Wars against England 1109-35
(Normandy is English Crown Possession)
- Henry II's Wars (1159-1184)
- Richard 'Lion heart' War (1194 -1199)
- Barons War (1215-17)
- Edwardian War (1337-1360)
- War of Breton Succession (1341 and 1364) (Auray)
- Portuguese Crisis War (1383-1385) (Aljubarrota)
- 1st Lancastrian War (1415-1429) Henry VI crowned King of France as well as England!
- Edward IV's War 1475
- Henry VII's War (1489-92)
- Italian War 1508-16
- Italian War of 1521-1526
- Italian war 1542-46
- Italian war 1551-1559
- War in Scotland 1560 (end of Auld Alliance)
- Anglo French Colonial Wars 1613-54 (New England, Quebec, Acadia)
- Williamite War 1689-91 (French evicted)
- War of Augsburg League (Louis Acknowledges Protestant King of England & the right of Protestant succession)
- Spanish Succession War (1702-1714) Marlborough unbeaten !
- Queen Anne's War (1702-1713)
- Dummer's War (New England 1721-1725)
- Austrian Succession War (1740-1748) French recognised the British throne & expelled Jacobites from France. France withdrew from the Netherlands in order to have its colonies returned
- King George's War 1744-48 (Louisborg taken)
- First Carnatic War (1744-1748) Cuddalore held
- Second Carnatic War (1748-1754) British East Inida Company wins
- Third Carnatic War (1756-1763) India British not French
- Seven Years War - Europe, Caribbean, seas (1756-63)
- French & Indian War (1754-1763) New France surrenders
- 4th Anglo Dutch War 1780-84
- French Revolutionary War (1792 - 1803) Egypt, India, Ireland, Malta, Seas, French colonies
- Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803--1805)
- Napoleonic War 1804 - 1814: seas, worldwide - ALL French colonies taken.
- Continental System (1806-14)
- The Peninsular War (1808-1814)
- Anglo-Dutch Java War (1810--1811)
- The war of the 6th coalition (1812-1814)
- The war of the 7th coalition (1815)
- Fashoda 'War' 1898
- Vichy War 1940-44
French invasions of British isles:
1216 invasion of England by Louis VIII of France, during First Barons' War FAILURE
The 1386-7 French invasion was organised but defeated off French coast & off Margate FAILURE
1545 French invasion of Isle of Wight on land & sea is defeated - FAILURE
1549 French invasion of Jersey repulsed FAILURE
1692 French invasion involving Jacobite Irish ends before it sails after battles of Barflur & La Hogue - FAILURE
1708 French invasion plan to land on Scotland but defeated by George Byng FAILURE
1744 planned French invasion of Britain as part of the Austrian War of Succession - FAILURE
1745 French-backed Jacobite invasion of Britain led by Bonnie Prince Charlie FAILURE
1759 planned French invasion halted by naval defeat to Britain at Battle of Quiberon Bay - FAILURE
The 1779 Armada executed by France-Spain during American Revolutionary War - FAILURE
1780 French invasion of Jersey repulsed FAILURE
1796 Expédition d'Irlande FAILURE
1798 Invason of Ireland FAILURE
The 1797 French expedition to Wales considered to be the last foreign invasion - FAILURE
The 1803 - 1805 Napoleonic invasion of Britain defeated - FAILURE
Hastings 1066. The mistaken belief that 1066 was a French victory leads to a Rule of French Warfare; 'When incapable of any victory whatsoever - claim someone else's'
France lose ... British win in the end...
French colonies of England:
Calais, Gascony, both for 300 years. Normandy,
England ruled 1/3 of France including Paris for 20 years!
France was even an English Kingdom with a dual monarchy
but also:
Channel Islands
India
Nouvelle France (Canada)
St. Kitts
Dominica,
Grenada,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Tobago
Malta
St. Lucia
Seychelles
Mauritius
.................
ENGLISH WAR VICTORIES AGAINST SPAIN
& the contributions:
- Alfonsist Revolt (Gascony) 1254-55
- Edwardian War 1337 to 1360
- Breton War of Succession1341-61
- Portuguese Crisis War 1384-87 (incl Margate)
- Desmond Rebellion (Ireland)
- Anglo Spanish War 1585-1604
- 9 Years War (Ireland)
- Dutch Revolt 1568-1648
- Anglo Spanish War 1655-60
- Portuguese Restoration War 1660-65
- English Pirate's on New Spain 1663-72
- War of Spanish Succession 1702-1713
- Queen Anne's War (1702-13)
- War of Quadruple Alliance 1718-20
- Jacobite Rising 1719
- Anglo Spanish War 1725-27
- Anglo-Spanish War 1761-63
- Falklands Crisis 1770
- Gibraltar Siege 1779-83
- Nootka Crisis 1789
- French Revolutionary war 1796-1802
- Napoleonic War 1804-1808
- Peninsula War 1808-14 British liberate Spain
- Hispanic Wars of Independence 1808-29 Hail the British Legions!
Hometown:
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Occupation:
History buff
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- Italian War 1508-16
- Italian War of 1521-1526
- Italian war 1542-46
- Italian war 1551-1559
Hahahaha! LOOOOOSEEEEEEEERRRR!!!!
"La Guerra en España... esa desdichada guerra me perdió. Napoleón Bonaparte.
Battles of the Bruch, 1st Gerona, Lorca, Valdepeñas, Mallén, 1st Saragossa, Valencia, Valmaseda, French fleet at Cádiz, Bailén, Tamames, Calatayud, Castellón, Alcañiz, Samper de Calanda, Puentesampayo, Murcia, Villafranca, León, Vigo, Cádiz, Caldelas, Morrazo, Logroño, Pontevedra, La Lama, Tarragona, Valls, Figueras, La Bisbal, San Marcial..... without any help. There are many more I have missed out! And the Spanish militias? The Spanish militias killed more French soldiers than any other force in this war.
Read it and weep!