Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-10-25

ih GAditipl u SAAll DG QOuSs It. piled Dillon. 'victoryw cried Sake. "Or death!" cried Dillon, and, placing himself in front of his brave men, he made q speech of corresponding vigor | to his soldiers: "AIarch against the ene- mics of France and of yourselves with 1 out firing until you have the points of your bayonets upon their bellies" Aft CT these patriotic words the Irish bri- gade advanced against the right flank.
 Soon, adds an English letter from l France, 'as fhe English troops beheld the green uniform and the we'll known fair complexion Of the Irisa-seon IS 1 they saw the Irish brigade advancing against them with fixed hayOnetS and crying cut to one another; Steady, l boys! Forward. Charger-too late ] they began to curse their cruelty, which forced so brave a people from their native country t0 seek their for tunes in every country and now 1 brought forward in the field of battle to wrest from them both victory and life"
 That portion of the British immedi- ately opposed to the Irish were q choice body of men and they hal the advantage of being upon a rising ground, the ascent to which they were to sweep with their musketry, while the Irish brigade had to ascend and charge the occupants of the emlneAee without pulling a trigger.
 The Irish being now sufficiently near, the British prepared to give them that formidable tempest of bullets, which was reserved for the last m9- ment in order to be discharged with the more deadly effect And by that fire the Irish suffered accordingly, Count Dillon and his brother Arthur were slain at the head of the family regi2eat. and large number of off cefs and soldiers were likewise killed or wounded
 But this did not arrest the impetu- ous determination with which their more fortunate comrades pushed for ward to the cry in. the old Celtic tongue, of Remember Limerick and Saxon perfidym Without any yolley in reply to the blaze of shot from the English the Irish brigade ran in upon the British with fixed bayonets. thrust ing them into their faces What fol lows is best described by Davis:
 Like lions leapng at fold when mad with hun
 gers pang,
 Right up against the English line the Irish eziles
 sprang.
 l Bright was their steel. lis bloody now; their
 guns are filled with gore Through shattered ranks and severed files and
 uamped flags they tore.
 The English strove with desperate strength paus.
 ed, rallied, staggered fled
 The green hillside is matted close with dying and with dead
 Across the plain and far away passed on that
 hideeus wraek.
 While cavalier and fantassin dash in upon their
 track,
 On Fontenoy, on Fontenoy, like eagles in the sun, With bloody plumes the Irish stand-the field is
 fought and won
 Of the 20 cannon belonging to the formidable allied column 15 pieces, with two coIors, were among the re- corded trophies of the Irish brigade, the First brigade of British foot guards, the best of Englands soldiers, being specially noticed as losing a pair of colors and two horsed guns
 Such was the conduct of the Irish | brigade at FontenOy, where it is eyi- dent, as at Cremona. 43 years before, what they did to gain the day was of such consequence that but for them it would have been lost
 After the victory Louis caused bis army to be rearranged and, leading it TOO yards beyond the ground occupied by the enemy, had it drawn out for re- view. The king rode through the ranks bestowing on the several corps the praises which they merited.
 As the royal cortege approached the Irish brigade the dauphin ran forward to the brave Lally, who, having been the first to enter, sword in hand the | enemy's column on it's right, was wounded, though slightly, and was sitting on a drum in front of the shat tered remains of his brave regiment. | having on each side of him several English officers whom he had disabled and made prisoners
 The dauphin announcing to Lally the 1 favors intended for his regiment by the king, Louis then ordered Lally to ad- vance in front of the army. nominating him brigadier on the field. The king and royal cortege then went through the camp of the Irish and thanked each corps, one after another. for the serv- ice if had rendered to France.
 The allies lost 9000 men, including 2000 prisoners, and the French 5000 Fontenoy cost the Irish brigade dear The gallant Dillon was killed, with one-fourth of the officers and one-tnra of the rank and file, but the immediate consequences to France were immense.
 When George II heard of the defeat