The landing at Fishguard in Wales is linked to a planned diversionary attack near Newcastle. Frenchman's Bay is raised through a viewer's photographs, while the intended landing place remains unsettled in the discussion. A force of roughly 1,500 French soldiers prompts a skeptical comparison with Fishguard: the surrounding Newcastle population is imagined responding quickly to the landing. The force's chances are a counterfactual judgment about an unexecuted plan, rather than the outcome of a Newcastle battle.
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Fishguard and the planned Newcastle diversion
The Fishguard landing prompts discussion of a planned French diversion near Newcastle and doubts about the prospects of a force of roughly 1,500 men.