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THE FISHGUARD INVASION
BY THE
FRENCH IN 1797

SOME PASSAGES TAKEN FROM THE DIARY OF THE LATE
REVEREND DANIEL ROWLANDS, SOMETIME
VICAR OF LLANFIANGELPENYBONT

London
T. FISHER UNWIN
PATERNOSTER SQUARE
MDCCCXCII

Dedicated
BY PERMISSION
TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE
EARL OF CAWDOR

CONTENTS

PAGE

INTRODUCTION

[9]

WEDNESDAY.
THE FIRST DAY.

CHAP.

I.

THREE FRIGATES

[43]

II.

THE LANDING

[54]

III.

THE FATE OF THE CLOCK

[75]

IV.

THE PRIEST’S PEEP-HOLE

[88]

THURSDAY.
THE SECOND DAY.

V.

DAVY JONES’ LOCKER

[109]

VI.

WELSH WIVES

[125]

VII.

GENERAL TATE’S LETTER

[139]

FRIDAY.
THE THIRD DAY.

VIII.

THE GATHERING AT GOODWICH

[159]

IX.

THE CAPITULATION

[171]

X.

TREHOWEL ONCE MORE

[180]

SEQUEL.
THE GOLDEN PRISON AT PEMBROKE.

XI.

THE GENERAL THANKSGIVING

[193]

XII.

INSIDE THE GOLDEN PRISON

[204]

XIII.

AWAY! AWAY!!

[222]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE DISEMBARKATION (From an old print) Frontispiece
STAND OF ARMS IN TENBY MUSEUM [20]
THE FRENCH FRIGATES (From an old print) [43]
CARREGWASTAD [54]
COTTAGE AT CASTELL [75]
A RANSACKED FARMHOUSE [109]
THE “ROYAL OAK” AT FISHGUARD [139]
TREHOWEL: GENERAL TATE’S HEADQUARTERS [184]