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Page vii
... battle of Aughrim . Abbé Mac Geoghegan , in noting how " l'élite de l'armée périt dans cette malheureuse journée , " adds , " & sans l'adresse d'un Aumônier de Régiment , nommé ô Reil- it ly , qui s'avisa de faire battre la charge par ...
... battle of Aughrim . Abbé Mac Geoghegan , in noting how " l'élite de l'armée périt dans cette malheureuse journée , " adds , " & sans l'adresse d'un Aumônier de Régiment , nommé ô Reil- it ly , qui s'avisa de faire battre la charge par ...
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... battle of Aughrim , in July , 1691 ; at which engagement , his son , Denis , then a Captain in Lord Galmoy's regiment of cavalry , had a horse shot under him . Galway soon after surrendering to the Wil- liamite forces under Baron de ...
... battle of Aughrim , in July , 1691 ; at which engagement , his son , Denis , then a Captain in Lord Galmoy's regiment of cavalry , had a horse shot under him . Galway soon after surrendering to the Wil- liamite forces under Baron de ...
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... battle of Aughrim . Both the father and the son having been in Limerick when the Treaty took place , and the family estate being consequently preserved , the Captain , on his father's decease , became tenth lord of the manor of Screen ...
... battle of Aughrim . Both the father and the son having been in Limerick when the Treaty took place , and the family estate being consequently preserved , the Captain , on his father's decease , became tenth lord of the manor of Screen ...
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... Battle whilst theire Army is fresh , hearty , and numerous , soe it is the known Intrest of those who are uppon the Defensive , to follow contrary Me- thods , and to delay comeing to a generall Engagement , untill the Inva- ders may be ...
... Battle whilst theire Army is fresh , hearty , and numerous , soe it is the known Intrest of those who are uppon the Defensive , to follow contrary Me- thods , and to delay comeing to a generall Engagement , untill the Inva- ders may be ...
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... Battle , where he noe sooner arrived than he gott on Board a Syrian Vessell , which he found in the Harbour , and , setting Sail for Syria , was the first Man that brought into that Country the unwelcome News of his un- happy Defeat ...
... Battle , where he noe sooner arrived than he gott on Board a Syrian Vessell , which he found in the Harbour , and , setting Sail for Syria , was the first Man that brought into that Country the unwelcome News of his un- happy Defeat ...
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