casualties on both sides at the Battle of Bonchurch, the French at Sandown hastily retreated after losing their commanders in an attack on a newly built fort, and those that landed at Bembridge were ambushed. On 22 July, unable to resupply, and struggling with a leaking ship and illness among his crew, d'Annebault abandoned the invasion. He recalled the French troops and his fleet departed. The next day, the French landed 1,500 troops near the town of Seaford, around to the east. They attempted to pillage a nearby village but were repelled by local militia led by Nicholas Pelham. D’Annebault then returned to France. References Notes Bibliography Loades, David, The Tudor Navy: An administrative, political and military history. Scolar Press, Aldershot. 1992. Marsden, Peter, Sealed by Time: The Loss and Recovery of the Mary Rose. The Archaeology of the Mary Rose, Volume 1. The Mary Rose Trust, Portsmouth. 2003. Rodger, Nicholas A. M., The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain 660–1649. W. W. Norton & Company, New York. 1997. Stirland, Ann J., Raising the Dead: The Skeleton Crew of Henry VIII's Great Ship, the Mary Rose. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. 2000. 1545 in England 1545 in France 16th century in Hampshire Conflicts in 1545 Military history of Hampshire Military history of the Isle of Wight Solent 1545 Solent 1545 Solent 1545 The Solent Tudor England