The Invasion of the British Isles

Irish patriots promised that if the french could land 15 thousand regular soldiers and plenty of supplies, they could raise 250 thousand patriotic irishmen. The invasion was planned for december to catch the british off guard. But on the eve of the launch, hoche himself was so pessimistic about the operation that he wrote to the directory saying, i would rather lead this army anywhere but ireland. Not one soldier set foot on irian soil. A separate invasion phase took place a month after the debalming of the already failed invader in kibrones bay. This landing was supposed to be a diversionary measure to distract the britishes from the main landing in ire