The Irish standard., 1903-01-31
The Former Through Sense of National
Pride Have Claimed All the
Honor of Victory.
Some Interesting Facts in Relation to the
Part Taken in the Battle by
the Sons of Erin.

Dillon's regiment-Killed: Col. Dill
lon, Lieut.. Col. Manncry, Capts Kear-
ncy, Manning, Mill. Wounded:
Capts. Wogan, Hagerty, Cusack, and
Licuts. Glascook, Barry. Moriarty,
Flanagan, ana two Burkcs
Roth's regiment - Killed.: Capts.
Windham, st. Lcgcr Grace and Chris
tian Wounded: Col Roth and Capts.
Ilcaly, Dclany, O'Hanlon, Osborne,
l'rync, two O'Bricns and two O'Suln-
vans.
Berwicks rcgment-Killed: Capts.
l'ourkc. Anthony, and Cooke. Wound
cd: Capts. Hickey, Colclough and
Licuts. Plunkctt, Carroll, Mccarthy,
nrlSc and Nanglc.
Lally's regiment - Killed: Licuts.
Byrnr, Kelly ana Fitzgerald Wound
cd: Col. l.ally (dc TolcndaD Lieut..
Col. O'IIrgarty, Maj. Glascook, Capts.
Crcagh, lIcnncssy, Stack and Mackey.
l'itz-.Iamcs' Regiment of Horse
Officers killed or wounded: Twenty
five. (Namcs not rccordeH.
Total of Irish officers killed or
wounded at Fontcnoy, nincty-cight.
Rank and file of the Irish Brigade
killed and wounded, 400; making a
grand total of 49S, out of Il probable
total of $500 cfrcctivcs, or within a
fraction of onc-Scvcnth of the force ell
gagged.
Says O'Cnllngllnn: "rhc British and
IIanovcrans, after the dispersion of
such of their troops as were thus ell
gagged Qncanng Cumberlands col
umn), having with their reserve and
those who rallied, made an orderly re-
treat 0hc French not caring to pursue
far, as Tourney, their objective point
in the campaign, and to relieve which
Cumberland fought the battle, was
now certain to fall into their hands,.
Louis caused his army to be re-arrayed
after the confusion of the last charge,
and leading it about 700 yards be-
yond the ground occupied by the
enemy during the engagement, had
it drawn out for review in honor of
the victory. The shouts of 'Vive lie
R0i! the hats waving in the air at
the tips Of the bayonet the standards
llvif c1,n In ff1s 1s<.ftn of
the officers embracing one another for
joy, etc, formed most striking scene.
AS the royal cortcgc approached 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 OH
drum in front of the shattered remains
OF his regiment, having on each side Of
him several English officers whom he
had himself disabled and made prison.
crs, but had afterwards taken due care
of, since his animOsity to England for
her villainy to Ireland did not extend
to individual Englishmem. The Dau-
phin announcing to Lally the favors
intended for his regiment by the king,
Lally Observation-Disclosures, they are
like those of the gospel, they descend
upon the blind and lame!-at the
same time pointing to his lieutenant
colonel, O'Hegarty, wounded by bay
onet in the eye and his major, Glas-
cook, whose knee was pierced by
bullets The king then ordering Lally
to advance in front of the army, NOM
mated him brigadier on the field"
In addition to these particulars, de-
rived from Lally's biographer, Lieu
ant-General Count Arthur Dillon re-
lates that Louis XIV. came the day
after the battle to the camp of the
Irish and thanked each corps, one after
the other, for the services they had
rendered him.
"My French war office document"
continues O'Callaghan, "having noticed
how at the battle of Fontenoy the Irish
Brigade distinguished itself in the
most remarkable manner in the pres
ence of the king and the Dauphin, and
having also observed 1t was this brl-