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escaped. Already tho column. bleeding nt every
qtrtie wac within sight gf = = Tug roya tont' The
tho muskcts to make tho mon fire low. JiBt
thcp the fire Of four lold-pteco8 opened on tho
:, head Of tho column. and tho foremost 1l1oB went
down. Tho English cannon roplloi stontly, and
sound from tho pido Of Do Darri's Wood, which
mado Lord 1Iay start, as II struck by bullot
It Hwollod above tho crash Of artillery mud Tho
rattle Of nueketry. Il, " Nearer oossrsr, dondIcr
tic cur Of battlo Tho English l>avo hoard that
shout boforo mud remember 1t to their cost
Tloy Init and dreas thor ranks to fnce
hat batt!o-wind." Again tint wild
cheer, " Ron,ombor Iincrlok rings along tho
blfnohoad, tho Irish. Brigade, with bayoncts
tiirsti1y flushing ruslcd mp tic slope aud spranR
upon tic foo! lrhoy nevor fired n shot M they
.calnc on. Tho English waitel unti THO Brigade
crR %tnn wsy vesyy '''n nsenge s9a sSn sa s
Limoriokl" from from 1000 TisL throats, replied,
and. before tho smoko had cleared away, thoir
steel was redeemed to tho socket in 1Sngllsl,
blood. Tho clnbbod muakosH Of tho Brigade
boat down the English ranks, wl,lo TINT furious
war-Bhout rang to tho very walls of old Tour
my. Tho Fronch Corps Of Normando and
.VasBoaux aocondod tho Irish ohargo. md, within
ten minutes from the time TINT tho brigade
atrSa aoa tho solnn IL no mngsh soldier stood up
poem "On Fontonoy"'
Dulko1oy's regiment slow tho Co1dstream
Guards. almost to d man, md capt!lrod thoir
Mtoen ont Of tic twenEy aeld.plcooa that lad
and coyorod the British attack.
This victory sayod France from invasion but
1t oost tho IriBh doar. Count Dillon wns Blain,
Lord olare disabled, while onc-thlrd Of tho OIL
wounded. King Louis, noxt morning, publicly
thanked tho Irish, malo Latly General, aud
Lord Clara was, aoon afterwards. created a Mar
shal Of Trance: England met rctribution for
King George vohomontly oursed tho laws That
drove tho irish exilos to win glory and vengeance
on TINT bloody day.
A brief mention waa made, by tho lecturor. Of
tho campaign Of 1745. undor Tho ., Young Pre-
Brigade served with crodlt.
The last great exploit Of tho Irish Brigade WIS
performed at tho bnttle Of Laife1t, F1andors in
1?i7, when. tor tho second time, they mainly
aided in defoating Cumberland aud avenged his
niasaaoro Of the gallant Highland Clans at md
after tho battle Of Culoden.
This triumph elfootually humbfol England,
md led to tho pence Of AK ID Chapelo In tho
Thus gloriously termtnntod tho aot1ve career
OF tho Irisl, brigade Of France. Tho hand Of Il
King inscribed it's noble epitaph, when, In 1899,
tho Compto do Provence, aftorward Ionta
XVIII, presented to tho surviving officers, q
NtAIsEA+ u H{Aitf9t Ut uIIb VI lAloMol4-N BUltl
harp, wrcathcd with Bha1nrookB and feur do lis,
on awhitc ground, with the the following touching
words:
s.Gentlomon: We acknowledge tho tnnppro-
niablo services that France has received from
tho Irish brigade in the course Of tho last
ono hundred years-servicos that We shall novor
forgott though under an impossibility Of re-
quilting thon1. noceiye this standard "a pledge
OF our remembrance, q monument Of our
admiration aud our respect; and, in fut1ro,
generous Irishmon. this shall bo tho motto Of
~ .1eo2-17o2.'
jSenape,' ct Utiquo Ffde{is /"
Tic speaker concluded by thus alnling to tho
above motto-"Always and everywhere faith
full" SWELL might Prince Louis 30 exprosa
himself. In defongo Of his house, thcro died
nearly 500, 900 Of Irolnnd's daring manhood |
Wflnt wonder that. with thcn,, departed much of
lor warliko spirit and reckless courage! Sho
could gnzo without a blush, albeit with many
tonr, on tho record Of lor goldtor.aons, boneath
tho Flcur dc lis. Uor !" Wild Goese," "a they
wcro fondly called, will novor Ay to her bosom
acroaa The EaHtorn waves. THO cannon of
Europe have pealol above their graves tho
soldiers requiem !; tho prayers of stricken 1re-
land havo heraided their brave spirits to tho
happier world, whore angols chant around them
tho chivalrfo 1ogend inscribed by tho Bourbon
Prince" iSemper CT tlbique Jfielis !" SO 1nny
1riBhmcn oyor renain to tic cause OF their
native lnnd, which-despite ovory iii Tint has
crushed it in the past or that may aesai it in tho
future-shal1 trlumphantly outliye oven tho
fano Of lor Brigade and the Empire Of her
oDllreHHor,