The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-06-02

cong uered race. After as des perate aud pro-
lopg.d struggle as ever distipg aished an invad-
cd people,-jast after sustaining cruel and dis
astrous defeat, when liberty was gone, and all
the holy aspirations of freedom were stamped
out beneath the iron heel Of En- glish tyranny
| when hope itself had fed their desoiatej
| homes, and dark gloom fell like q death pail
| over their stricken land in the presence OF an
| ever. r.viguant and sleepless tyrant, who das.
i tard-like kept watch and ward over tse wild
| thZobbipgs of their hearts--even then, in that
| supreme moment of despair. these upcopq quer-
| ed souls sternly refused to bow to the yoke of
| of the ruffisn freebooteIs and, bidding defiance
| to them and fate, flung themselves thirsting z
| for vengeance on thes track Of the destroyer,
and with the magnanimous endurance of ths
lion and the deadly spring Of the angry tiger,
| tore through their scarlet ranks, uniting at
death and welcoming wounds If either was re-
warded by the defeat Of ''the fslon flag of Eng.
land" aye, it is felon flag &c ever waved
| from pirates mast or pirates oastled crag
Nay, my brothers, shall wa be told that hero
ism SO tenacious, 80 unselfsh so su blime, is not
1t is not worthy of becoming the inspiring
| theme Of poet. pointer and historianf Let the
sneering sctfer at Ireland and her race vent
his filthy bile let the cold blooded, An,i-Irsh
West Briton' defame the gallant race whose
disgrace 1t Is to have produced so vile ositiff;
yet while zone sprig of shamrock blooms on an
| of our heroes shall be fondly and tenderly
cherished among the most precious memories
Of our darling mothers heart.
Bat it ia high time to advance on Eouteuoy-
The year 1745 found France at war with Fog
land and her allies-Austria, the German
States, and the Netherland. The campaign
opened by the investment of Tournay, in the
early part of april. The Duke of Cumberland.
afterwards called "the butcher Of Colloden,n
in command of the allied forces, marched to
raise the seige. Cumberlands army, as given
Rolt, was made up as follows :-22 600 Dutch,
81 600 British. 600 Austriaps, and 1000 Han
oVeriape, making C grand total of from SO. 900
to Sc 600 men, and said, by English historians,
fiDeaG N Eur0na yvith all al
corps complete, The army Marshal SAKE
amounted to some "a 900 men; butas 1e 600
were actively engaged in prosecuting the siege
of Tournay. and coo more were detached to
guard the bridges of the Soheldt, there were
not more than 40 600 men left TO meet the
Allies army in the field. SAKE however, re-
solved to block the road to Tourpsy, and trust
to the bravery of his ventraps aud his own
perience to make up for the disparity in num-
oers; SO matters stood on the eve of the great
battle. Sexe, with the genuine sagacity of
the trained soldier, selected an advantageous
position, and forced his enemy tie f sht him on
mis- own ground. Let me try to lay before you
the plan of battle. Fancy that where / stand
is the centre and headquarters of the French
position, which ID on . gen tie eminence, on the
north bank of the Schsldt, which lows imme-
diately in the rear, crossed at that point by
the bridge of Callone which is gdarded by q
strong tete de pont. The ground in front de.
scends into q little valley, and then rises again
in long, billow-like swell. Tho position
forme two sides of an irregular triangle. The
extreme right rests on the Scheldt, at the viii
lsge of St. Antoine, and then extends to the
village of Fonteuoy, which forms the apex of
the triangle and centre of the line. which then
stretches away to and in of De Barri's
wood. At the point where the line of battle
fret touches the wood the regiments of Swiss
GUARDS are in position, and Immediately on
their left is the blvouac of the" "Irish Brigade"
and forming the extreme left in rear of the viii
lage of Raumecroix are posted the regiments
of Vassieux and Normandie. TIE entire front
is protected by redoubts from the river to De
Barri's wood The French biographer of the
heroic Count Lally states that the evening be-
fore the battle, baing desiroUs of Inspecting
the f7ld with his own eyes, he discovered
way from Antoine to Fontenoy which had been
falsely considered impracticsble and by which
ed; accordingly this way was completely
cured by three redoub:s and sixteen cannon,
TO which, beyond dispute the success of The
correspondence of Marshal SAKE The re-,
doubts were skilfully played as to coz
verge their fire 10 a most destr"cti,e man
ner.
Al the close of the evening of the 10th OF
Mey, ell was prepered for the terrible COZ a lot
Of the morrow. Daring the afternoon the
iorg, heavy masses of the enemy's columns
began TO arrive and take up the positions al
lotted to them. The Dutch occupied the right
and right centres ard the British, HAnoverians
and Austrisns the centre and left. Shortly
after the arrival CT Cuu bsrland an advance
was ordered, and the French pickete were
driven in. heavy artillery firing followed,
which waxed so warm that Aides were dis
patched from the front to ask instructions from
headq uarters. Marshal SAKE, who WAS unable
to mount his horse from q severe attack of
fever, and had retired to his tent to seek some
badly needed repose, was listening qnietly to
the canncnade, and replied to the anxious
young soldiers who awaited his orders:a The
Duke of Cumberland is young and i'm petuous
but be bites file and will soon step his USE
less olamor. There will be no fighting till to-
morrow. Good night, gentemep;. good night;
but keep vigil and watch.' AS he predicted
the firing soon ceased, and night spread her
sable veir over the slumbsripg warriors. Alas
to how many thousands WAS that the last sleep
before the dull, cold sleep Of death The royal
camp was pitched across the Soheldt, where.
surrounded by throng of the nobility, the
King had passed the night. With the earliest
dawn Louis was afoot, anxously awaiting iu-
telligence from the Marshal and scarcely had
his watch marked O'Clock, when an Aide
galloped to the royal tent bare headed. to in
form him that all was ready and awaiting his
arrival. Mount, gentlemen, mount |" said the
King; "and may the God Of battles smile on our
France to-day !" amen" responded every
tongue and in instant every SADDLE is