The Irish standard., 1912-09-14
the pay Of Bourke's.
Hochstaedt (17O3). The Irishmer

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drove back the Hanovarians with
heavy slaughter breaking completely
through the line of the Allies. For
their gallant conduct Louis rewarded
them by an increase of officers and
pay.
Cassano Q7o5). This battle was the
most murderous fought during the
whole of the Spanish War of Sue
cession. 10000 men were killed or
wounded. Vendome wrote to Louis
XIV. that the Irish had fought in this
affair with exemplary valour. and that
they formed a band whose devotion
might be relied upon in the most diff
cult emergencies of war. AS reward
for the brilliant part played by Dill
Ions the King added two senior lieu
tenants to each company, when sew
eral others were attached la suite
on full instead of their previous half
pay.
Castiglione (1706). On this occa-
sion the Prince of Hesse had about
4,5OQ men killed, wounded or taken
prisoners, with 80 colors, and all his
cannon and baggage. The Hon. Ar
thur Dillon commanded the French
left. Medavi writes of him to Louis
XIV: "He is a foreigner of merit and
of valour, who on every occasion has
served your Majesty WELL"
Malplaquet (1709). At this battle
writes De Quincy, the Irish overthrow
everything that came in their way.
Fontenoy (1743). Count Arthur Dill
Ion relates 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. George H.. when
Informed of the details of this battle
and of the troops to whose gallantry
the English defeat was due, exclaimed.
Cursed be the laws which deprive
me of such soldiers!" DR.. Maty, re-
ferring to the gallant behaviour of the
English at Fontenoy, speaks of them
as owing their defeat there to the
Irish, or as retiring with this con-
ISOLATION that they had yielded the
palm to their own countrymen."
The result to the French of this
Important victory was the surrender
of journal and the capture of Client.
Bruges, Oudenarde, Newport and Ath.
In all these operations the Brigade
took part and distinguished itself by
Its intrepid behaviour. Among The
spoils captured at Client was a large
quantity of new clothing for the Eng
fish regiments, which by order of the
King, on the suggestion of SAKE, was
distributed gratis to the Irish.
1t Is interesting to note that in the
day of victory at Fontenoy, as in chat
of defeat at Families thirty-nine
years earlier, the only colors of the
enemy the French Army had to show
were captured by the Irish.
Laufeldt (1746). Sake ordered the
Irish Brigade and the Royal des vais-
seaux to attack, which they did, and
carried the village at the point of the
bayonet, compelling the Duke of Cum
oerland to withdraw. To quote the
words of Sake to the King: lies IT.
landais ont fait des prodiges." Dill.
Ions lost their new Colonel. Count
Edward Dillon, referred to by VOL
-taire as lie Colonel Dillon, nom celcbre
dams les troupes irlandaises" and ago
officers and men killed and wounded.
1rishmen had distinguished them
selves on French soil long before the
days of the Brigade-this time on the
side Of England. At the Battle of
Verneuil, fought August Gath, 1924.
Sir Richard Dillon, of Proudstown
(ancestor of the Earls of Roscom-
mon) arrived so seasonably with COO
select Irish troops, who behaved so
valiantly when the Duke of Alenzon
was prevailing, that John, Duke of
Bedford, Regent Of France, gained a
complete victory.
In 1892 Louis XVIII. himself con-
veysd the final expression of the gratl-
tuoe of his family to the regiments
of Dillon. Walsh and Berwick, He
presented them with a "drapeau d.
adieu" accompanied by these words:
Gentlemen-We acknowledge the in.
appreciable services that France has
received from the Irish Brigade in
the course of the last 100 years, sery-
ices that we shall never forget, though
under an impossibility Of requiting
them. Receive this Standard as a
pledge of our remembrance, a monu-
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