Saturday 21 July 2012

French invasion of the Isle of Wight 1545

The first landing of French troops took place today - read about it here. Part of the Italian wars.
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  1. Benjamin of Wight21 July 2012 at 13:16

    And the nasty frogs burnt my town. I work and live in an area of Newport known as Nodehill which is a corruption of the local dialect for Noddy Hill a place of mass graves, noddys being corpses, from the invasion. Not many people know that!

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  2. Ralphus21 July 2012 at 14:12

    Interesting

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