The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-11-02

IN scb manner that not man could hold communication
with the camp of the Norwegian The day following was
one of those autumn days in which the sun still beams with
all his brilliancy The portion of the Norwegian army
which left the camp the Humber to accompany the hg
to York not expecting to have do with adversare came
without coats of MAIL account of the heat ana look or
defensive arms only helmets and buckers. Atsome distance
from the city, the Norwegans suddenly perceived great
cloud of DUST and underneath the cloud something gerg
like steel in the sum- "Who are who march towards
us? said the king to Tostig "They be no other than
the English" responded the Saxon, "who to demand
pardon and our favor In the meantime the of men
who approached becoming gradually distinct ap-
peared to be army ranged in order OF battle
"The enemy the enemy!" shouted the Norwega1E and
they detached three hosemen at speed with orders
to bring up in all haste the men at arms who remained IN
the camp and in the ships The king displayed the royal
standard which he called the ravag Of the wod Thesodiers
ranged themselves round it in long line of little depth,
curved at the exemes They stood pressed against each
other with their lances planted in the ground the points in
cned towards the enemy; wanting the most important part
of their amor Harold of Sgurd raversed the ranks
black horse, chanting mprovsed verses of which buta
fragment has been transmitted by the historians of the
North "Let us advance" he sad Let fight although
without cuasses under the edge of the blue STEEL
helmets glitter in the is enough for brave men,
Before the shock of the two armies twenty Saxon horseme
and horses clothed in STEEL approached the lines of the
Norwegians one of them cried out with loud voice:
Where is Tosig son of Godwn?' "Here he Isl replied
the of Goodwin himself off your Tostg shouted
the messenger your broher by my lips salutes you and
offers you peace his friendship and your ancient honors
"These be fine words and very different from the aron
and hosties to which have been subject for year; but
if accept these OFFERS what will be done for the noble
Harold son of sgurd my faithful ay?" "He will have"
replied the messenger seven feet of English eart per-
haps little more his person surpasses that of ordinary
men," "Say then, to my brother answered Tosg, that
he prepare fight for but liars shall say that the
son of Goodwin deserted the son of Sigurd."
The combat commenced Immediately and the first shock
of the armies the Norwegian king received in
his throat Tosg took the command and then his brother
second time to offer peace and life to himself and to
the Norwegan But all shouted that they had rather die
than any favor the Saxons At this moment the
arrived from the ships armed with curasses but fagued
with their march under burning Although numerous
they could sustain the attack of the English who had
already broken their first line of battle and taken the royal
standard Tostg killed. with the greater part of the
Norwegian Chiefs and for the third time Harold offered
the vanquished They accepted by the latter
Ao of the dead king the bishop and the chief of the
isle of the Orcade withdrew with twentyhree ships, after
having friendship with England The country of the
English thus delivered from conquest of the
of the North But other enemies approached and the
breeze which stirred the victorious Saxon Banners sweed
also the Norman Sails and mpeed them towards the shores
of Sussex.
So far from the text 1t remains only to be said that,
although Tosig lost the battle and his life his attempt
created such diversion of his brothers forces enabled
the Noans to land without opposition near Hastings and
cptaed the conflict that ensued in which the English
king fought under greatly disadvantage than he would
have done if his attention to Williams movements had been
undsturbed No read the history of this period
without seeing that his brother contributed materially the
defeat of Hastings Thus in great crisis of English history
native traitor procured the defeat of his counrymen
whereby their civil rights and broad lands became the spoil
of the stranger In according the need of his deserts the
Irish traitor why should the AngoSaxon be forgotten.
New YORKER.