During the invasion scare of 1803 Sheridan penned an Address to the People:
Concerns increased significantly after the invasion scare of 1457, when French troops successfully attacked the town of Sandwich on the south coast.
A survey in 1454, undertaken against the background of another French invasion scare, shows that the 1377 system for maintaining the walls was still in operation.
The second half of 1803 marked the height of the invasion scare.
Model, he recalls, thought Berlin's invasion scare was "nonsense."
News of the shelling triggered an invasion scare along the West Coast.
Edward's invasion of Scotland soon diverted funding from the project, however, and work stopped, only recommencing after an invasion scare in 1306.
The invasion scare passed and the Troop went north to do independent training, as all Troops did at that time.
After the Battle of Britain the immediate invasion scare was over.
The 1740 invasion scare revealed some serious weaknesses in the nation's defences.