2-648-644 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Attack on the Isle of Wight', July 1545, (c1880). The French invasion of the Isle of Wight occurred during the Italian Wars in July 1545. The French advance was decisively defeated, when the local Isle of Wight militia defeated the French troops in the Battle of Bonchurch. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. I, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]