This Week In History
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16 Aug
The Battle of the Spurs
- 16th August 1513 -
This particular foray of Henry VIII’s was one in a long line of adventures on the Continent. At a time when we are talking Brexit, Henry seemed very keen on Europe. This was four years into his...
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22 Apr
The Gas Attack at Ypres in World War One
- 22nd April 1915 -
NB: Image shown is of victims of gas in 1918
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned...
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22 Aug
The Battle of Bosworth
- August 22nd 1485 -
"A horse, a horse, my Kingdom for a horse.” These famous words from Shakespeare’s Richard III speak of the frustration of the King, Richard, as he saw his crown and life slipping away from him....
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22 Feb
The Last Invasion of Britain – The Battle of Fishguard
22nd February 1797
The French Revolution that started in 1789 and continued to the end of that century was the catalyst for the last time mainland Britain was invaded by a foreign army. The...
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25 Oct
Friday 25th October 1415 - "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.” So said Churchill about the pilots and ground crew who won the Battle of Britain in 1940 against the might of the German Luftwaffe.
In...