The French landing at Whitesand Bay in 1545 was part of a wider strategy of coastal raids coordinated with the main fleet operations at Spithead. The Cornish militia response was unusually swift — the local tin miners and fishermen were already on alert — and the French found that even in the far south-west England coastal defences had been significantly improved by Henry VIII fortification programme.
Minor; French drove off but skirmishing reported
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