Hoche expedition

The Oxford Companion to Irish History | 2007 | 510 words | Copyright

Hoche expedition. In December 1796 the Directory (see french revolution), responding to Tone's appeals, dispatched 14,450 troops on 43 vessels, commanded by General Lazare Hoche (1768–97), to Ireland. Following a disastrous storm 36 ships arrived at Bantry Bay, Co. Cork (21 Dec. 1796), but did not attempt a landing. The episode dramatically boosted United Irish numbers and morale. But the French, disillusioned at the apathetic popular response, never again committed so large a force to Ireland.

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