3rd Anglo-Welsh War (Welsh History Post Glyndwr)

The 3rd Anglo-Welsh War of 1718-1719

Background

King Dafydd II had been king for 12 years by the time of the breakout of war, however, the army had been severely degraded during these years, with most attention lavished on the Welsh Navy with new dockyards being built in Milford Haven, Bristol (Caerodor) and Beaumaris.

The Prince of Powys and the Duke of the March (Llewellyn and Rhys) had been charged with the job of modernising the Welsh Army as relations between Catholic Wales and Protestant