When the men of Barnard Castle tried to see off Napoleon Bonaparte | Darlington and Stockton Times
Miners strong from distant Harwood Troops from Staindrop merrily come Marching lightly to the beat of the drum And stoutly with the foe will cope, Old Boldron, Gilmonby and Hope, Startford and Bowes with lion heart Will firmly act their lion heart. IN February 1804, a beacon blazed high on Langley Fell above Barnard Castle so that all Teesdale was aware that Napoleon Bonaparte and the feared French had invaded and now was the time to send brave young men and boys to defend the dale. And, as this performance poem shows, every community in every remote cranny rallied and sent their youth ma...
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