The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-06-23
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oEISxHS. SUNDAY. JUNE .. ISM.

~ Patricia Cathedral, preached . SERMON to |
fSo1, and the subject 81 tho sermon was On
a. a . ct 1 sgs se:'a
- Stokci befere the ink wss dry. Az %
Of spd %sssT 's 81 so an e q.
49, fHs@seIves to France. Hare is. the sz.
ojri q hope They wsntwith the h:pe thes
thsS would one day rysurn, ard, wnn meg F
~ Is "ssred soil Of Esin. IL ahs time ss..6sad
srrsved, in l60l,. in Efs.se, there ~ers % GOO
i1ish@sn II the sesof King & n sos There
in tie service Of Spain, and . great n.@1er 10 IN
abe srvce Of Anst.. for il t. wSsshs snd
your knowing that the f Iha a ., ssryice
nndsr their leaders, Nugent and CavsnagAwl
names that are still perpetuated in the Austnse
army. The men Of the north, " nv s,s;n
and q tast very time Austria and Spain we're
6cist;re araipst France, and whilst there we're
5000 fishmen in the Austrian army 1 TSns
s E: si e. iIaa Il, s;ss ed, S st;
ths JS$}HEI diers that ever
stsod to sszlS re ., With It'll, their |
wild huTrshs swes tie soSo tbos
thew cared nothing about, aud for causes Of
witch they knew nothing =. meeting each
other in battle, and the hands that snonio
Ireland, for Ireland!s purposes, were actually
mbrued in each Others blood on many q bat
tle6eld in Europe! sarshsid, shorty i aiter ms
people, took service with King Louis, OF
France. He first crossed swords with the, Eng
lish at the siege Of town in Flanders. mere
thoroughly cleared the field, and SO complete
" swept away the English forces that were
opposed to him, bearing down npen, then,
of Lord Clares dragons, that the Marshal
commanding the French forces rode up on
Two years later we find him again ut the
hattie of LandoH. He is at the head of the
Irish Brigade, then numbering some 80, 600
posed to him-the man whom he had met
upon many d field in Ireland. The close of the
hard fought day approaches. The English
and Sarsfield, sword in hand at the head of his
troops dashed in amongs them, when sudden,
ly musket ball strikes his hersie heart, and
he falls upon the field of Landoh! When the
film of death was coming over his eyes, he put
his hand, instinotively, to the wound, and
Sas9 S;ao j hsT aTs Mss b;
blood were shed for helandw The fortune,
of France were IN the ascendant from veal
1851 until abont the year a6ee. Then thu
armies of Austria and the armies of France
began to suffer reverses. The star of France
began to go down. Marlborough con9uered
soldiers certainly drove the French before
them. He did 80 at MaIplaquet at Ouden
arde and Mt Families; but it is q singular
Of these battles in which the French were de
fea&ed, the En- glish, in their turn even in the
full tide of victory, had to fee before the Irist
Brigade. And the poet says:
when on Families bloody field.
rh hs S Ssasp Saxon DackwaTd reelea
Before the charge Of Ciares dragons"
TIE French army on thst day was routed
but there was one corps, ono division of tn
French army that retired off the field victori
GUS with English standards in their hand
and that one was the Irish Brigade. Yea
followed year. The strength of the corps wa
kept up, and 80 was the hope To at they woul'
one day return to Ireland and strike bio!
grave moro than forty years. France was still
playing losing game in the war OF the Span
ish succession, when the great Marshal .s S Saa
Louis XIV. IN person. took the command o
the army, and laid siege to the city OF Tour
ney, In Flanders. He had about IS. coo men il
his command. Whilst he was still besteging tn
city, the Duke of Cumberland appeared, tn
son of George the Second, and one of the mos
awful wEetches that ever cursed the face o
tho earth with his presence. He was q maj
whose heart knew no pity whose heart kne1
DO loves man whose passions knew 40 restraint
brute whose name to this day is spoken b
though he were ashamed it. He commende
55,eO6 men, mostly English, with some Dutc
auxiliaries, and he marched at the head of thi
ney. When the French King and his Marshs
heard of the approach of tire allies, they with
drew 40, 600 men frou, the siege, leaving Il, 90
to carry it on. With 4hoOo, including tb
Irish Brigade; he marched to meet the Duk
OF Cumberlsud, and met him on the slopes
Fonsenoy. The French General took his pos
ssn nsss hs FL SsSy
eitharet1e, and he etretohed his lines 70 vi
IAN4 On ano side called St. Antoine, end on u
ofkeE Si1e 60 . wood called DuBsxry's WOO,
Thens; ent.ehohed and strongly established,
sNaiaea his English foe. The Duke Of eau
beslanA arsived ns the head Of his Engaishme
and, for whole day long he asssiled th
French p0e5fion In vain. He sent his Dutohme
to aSSasf g. AntOine. Twice they attack ca
village un& twice they were driven back wit
grsaS stRuEhfer. Three times the Engljshme
then6Altes atfacked the village of Fonteno,
and three times they were driven back b, IN
French. T.ey tried 10 penetrate into d.
.Barry'o wOdd' % the left hand side. but th
FEuaoh assisieVy were within, and again an
. aeain they were driven back, until, when III
eVoqibR eane, the Duke of Cumberland ss'
that the day. was going Against him: He a
eoUnblea ala the V0seEaa apd tried soldiers
hia army He formed massive colasnn Z