Tregwynt Mansion

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Tregwynt Mansion

Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff Taken: 4 Jan 2007

It was at a dance in this small Georgian mansion that, on February 23rd 1797, word reached the ears of Colonel Thomas Knox, the commander of the Fishguard Fencibles (the local home guard) that a French force had landed on the coast not far away. Knox vacillated and withdrew his squad to Haverfordwest. Had it not been for young Lord Cawdor from Stackpole who, enthusiastically marching north, met Knox in retreat and urged him back to engage with the enemy, the outcome of this 'last invasion' might have been less decisive. However, the ragbag French force of 1200 convicts did not endear themselves to the local Welsh peasantry who joined with the soldiers in overcoming them.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.969697
Longitude
-5.073865