What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: The Malt Hall at Lymington Community Centre was once a brewery. It also served as barracks with adjacent parade ground for a band of emigre French artillery commanded by Col. Rothalier in 1795. The troop attempted as unsuccessful invasion of France at Quiberon in Brittany. Recorded plaque organisation: Rotary Club of Lymington.
The Malt Hall housed French émigré troops led by Colonel Rothalier in 1795, who participated in the failed Quiberon Expedition aimed at invading Brittany and overthrowing the French Revolutionary government. This event represents one of many counter-revolutionary attempts supported by Britain during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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