The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-09-18

jOurcn, he 0le0 In peace. Ills 0race cou- ~
'luded by exhorting his hearers to take
,Ome from all that they had heard and
'eens that life's honors are found to be
when attained, and that all Is
vanity save loving and serving God alone.
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81 The Battle Of Fontenoy.
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The following sketch, taken from OCal-
laghan'a new work, on the Irish Brigade,
will be read with interest at the present
crisis: ~
/" That portion of the British Immediately
opposed to the Irish were, though the |
worse for their mornings wOrk,e choice
body of men containing, among otner
corps, the LIST battalion of the "a Tor Cold
streano1 Regiment of Foot Guards, with
two pieces Of cannon in front; and they |
had the advantage of being on rising |
fronnd, the ascent of which they were to !
sweep with their musketry; while the br1
gade had to ascend and charge the occu-
pants of the eminence without pulling
British, anofacer of the brigade, Anthony
M'Donough, of Birchfeld, in the county of
Glare ian Of9-shoot from the old sept OF the
M'Donoughs of Sligo), being in advance OF
his men, were singled out and attacked by
a British officer. But the spirit OF the gal-
ough, as the fresher man, soon dlsapies MS
adversary in the sword arm, and, making
him prisoner, sent him to the rear; Tor
tunately for him, as he was SO fatigued,
that, in all probability, he must have fallen
in the charge or retreat; and it Is pleasing
to add, that these gentlemen afterwards
became very great friends. This rencontre
in the presence of both forces, caused
momentary pause, followed by tremen-
dous shout from the brigade at the success
of their own officer, the effect of which
could only be felt by spectator; and at
sucli critical iuncture, that startling
shout, and the event of ill omen to the
British with which it was connected, were
remarkable to have proportlonaole IN
f1uence upon them. The brigade being
now sufficiently near, the British prepared
bullets which was reserved for the last mo-
ment, in order to be discharged with more
| deadly effect. Whether observes our
ilustrious military historian Napier, from
the peculiar construction of the muskets,
the physical strength and GOODNESS OF the
men, or all combined, the English ire is
the most destructive, known And by
that fire the Irish suffered accordingly.
Their brave commander, the Lord Glare
and Earl Thomond, struck by two bullets,
most probably owed his life only to the
cuirass which he wore, according TO the
royal army regulation of the previous year;
the Colonel and Chevalier de Dillon lthlrd
! son of the, late Lieutenant-General Count
Arthur Dillon, and brother OF the two last
4 Lords viscount Dillon in Ireland) was slam
at the head of the family regiment; and q
large number of officers and soldiers W ERE
likewise killed or wounded. But TINS did
| not arrest the impetuous determination with
\ which their more fortunate comrades push
4 ed forward to the cry In the old Ceitic OF
Gaelic tongue of Remember Limerick ana
saxon perfidyv, or a rarme blanche. Like
their stout countryman in the song, repre-
i sented in opposition to an English footpad
T with firearms, as relying only on coming 70
close quarters with his honest stick, ana as
finally exclaiming at the discounted knlgh!
Of the trigger pl shiileiah you
f missed frev Without any volley IN reply
, to the blaze.of shot from the column the
: lbri eade ran in upon the British with hxeo
. bayonets, thrusting them into their faces
although the Carabineers, IN the coniasio u
b uniform between the brigade and thu
1 British, unluckily charged, and even klilee
Q some OF the Irish ere the error could be ar
8 rested by the cry of Vive la France! gu
t this temporary mistake among 1rlen .''s
i, proper quarter. While the Carabineer'
e turned their steeds and sabres with du'
d effect elsewhere, or from their orothe
n Celts and fellow soldiers against the com
d mon Teutonic foe, down went, OF ava.
n mediate opponents of the Irish before thei
y crimsoned or flashing bayonets. OF tn
d twenty cannon belonging to the late Tor
= midable allied columns, fifteen pieces VIII
l. two colors were among the recorded tro
20 phies of the brigade; the 1st battalion q
the Cd or Coldstream Regiment OF Foo
n Guards being specially noticed as losing,
q pair of colors and two horsed guns to:th
N Irish infantry regiment of the exlied Eng
IN fish Jacobite, and brother-in law of til
of late Marshal Duke of Berwick, Lieutenant
l. General Count Francis Buckley. In
er word; the enemy, pressed on one SIDE
the irresistible vigor of la .fitria frdnches'
and, on the other, where the wrath OF til
GO Gael IN its red vengeance found him was
lie with great loss, SO rapidly broken an
Mt driven from the field, that his forces dis
- appeared, as it were by magic
90 On Fontepor ON Fontenoy like eagles in the sun
Oh with bloody pumcs Irish sand-the field is oug
A. and won.
~ sIt seemed to use the words OF Lou
V. XV.'s contemporary biographer,' as II
lit had been fighting against those enchante
NJ leqions which were visible and invisible {
pleasure, it was,' says he, AN affair
seven or eight minutes or, as the Frenc
of minister, who was present affirms OF tn
n. time in which victory was achieved by tn
b. final attack, in ten minutes the bait
d. was WON'T Then we are informed, I'll
va French astonished to meet with Frenchme
en- every where, at length took breath; the
f. felt the 10Y of q victory so long disputed
ia Such was the conduct of the Irish at Fol
H. tenoy, where, including of course that
I'd the able and gallant Lally, it is eviden
a. os of Cremona forty-three years before