The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-07-20
BATTLE OF THE BoYNE.

We notice that the Irish Orangemen of Upper
Canada intend to celebrate The triumph Of Will
liam of Orange over their PROSTATE country, on
the l2.h, Let them celebrate it, We hope
they vii! meet with resistance from their
Catholic fellow 1untrymen-ifco untryment they
can be called, who exult at the downfall of their
native land. Smiles, an English historian, OBJ.
serves -
's Though she Beyne' has since become
party word of triumph among the Pro,estants of
ct Ireland, 1T seems to US that, after all, there
was very little to boast of at the close of that
days battle. All the advantage that William
had gained was. that he had succeeded in eros
sing the Boyne, in the face of a very inferior
f,rce-iaferior in numbers, in appointments, IN
discipline, and in artillery. His best troops had
been repeatedly repnlsed; his best generals
killed William himself was compelled to fall
hack, and more than once was in danger of over
throw; and would have been over'hrown, but
Tor his great superiority in cavalry, infantry and
artillery. The best part Of James's rec, the
French, were never brought into action. Yet,
with all these disadvantages, the action was
doubtful even to the close Of the day William
gained nothing but the ground on which his ar
my encamped at night, and the dead bodies with
which the field was strewed for, with the ex-
ception OF Hamilton, he made no prisoners
neither did he take any spoil from the Irish, who
retreated in excellent order, with all their bag
gag and artillery. There is little doubt that,
had Ut the Irish the mist rtune to be commands
ed by coward. the result would have been yery
different. The cry of the Irish, after the battle
was, Change generals, and we will fight the
battle over again The brilliant and successful
charges of the IRISH cavalry under HaHilton,
showed what night have be- n accomplished had
james but possessed . title Of the chivalrous
spirit OF this leader. The Boyne was neither
more nor less than drawn battle, though 20
William il had all the advantages Of q complete
victory
We compress from OCallaghan few addi-
tional remarks on this unfortunate battle:-
The attacking force at the Boyne was thirty
ak thousand men, wanting for nothing, with
fifty pieces Of cannon that Of the Irish was
fourteen thousand Irish, six thousand French
total, twenty thousand men, with six pieces of
cannon. The Irish were newly raised. undis-
cipined troops, while those Of William were vet
Grams, most Of whom had fought on the CONT |
nent, and led by William, one Of the most inde- |
fatigab!e captains Of his own or any age On |
the other hand, Tit be true, according to Cha
brias, the Athenian general, that an army Of
stays led by lion would be better than an army |
OF lions led by stag, what great disadvantage
and encouragement the Irish suffered in being
led BY such an im6ecite, nay, such an absolute |
Tunaicay, as James; yet after the action, which I
lasted from SIX in the morning till night, the
Irish were found to have lost only one thousand
men and one cannon: while the English lost
ilve hundred men and their best general, Schom
berg and It IS supposed their loss was far more
than nve hundred, tor, on the review of their ar
my, at Fingas, after the battle, the muster roll
did not exceed thirty thousand The pass at
Oidbridge was guarded BY he Irish with great
va'or. The English charged ten tines, and
We're as often repulsed in the course OF the day.
The Irish yielded that point to force more than
double their number.'-Bostoa Pilot