Comment by sarsfields ghost on March 13, 2014 at 1:45pm

I've managed to obtain an original field-of battle map of the Battle of Landen ( 29 July , 1693 ).
The Battle of Landen (or Neerwinden), in the current Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, was a battle in the Nine Years' War, fought in present-day Belgium on 29 July 1693 between the French army of Marshal Luxembourg and the Allied army of King William III of England. The French assaulted the Allied position three times before the French cavalry finally penetrated the allied defences and drove William's army from the field in a rout. The battle was, however, quite costly for both sides, the French losing 9,000 men to the Allies' 19,000.
THOUGH , IT WAS MORE COSTLY FOR THE IRISH.
Patrick Sarsfield, the Jacobite Earl of Lucan, who was in command of the remnants of the Jacobite Irish army after the surrender at Limerick. He was struck by a bullet in the chest and taken to the town of Huy, about 20 miles away, where he died three days later. "Oh, that this were for Ireland," he said as he died.

Comment by sarsfields ghost on March 13, 2014 at 3:08pm

(cont..) Marshal Luxembourg and the Allied army of King William III of England. The French assaulted the Allied position three times before the French cavalry finally penetrated the allied defences and drove William's army from the field in a rout. The battle was, however, quite costly for both sides, the French losing 9,000 men to the Allies' 19,000.

Comment by sarsfields ghost on March 13, 2014 at 3:10pm

(cont..) Among the casualties on the French side were Patrick Sarsfield, the Jacobite Earl of Lucan, who was in command of the remnants of the Jacobite Irish army after the surrender at Limerick. He was struck by a bullet in the chest and taken to the town of Huy, about 20 miles away, where he died three days later. "Oh, that this were for Ireland," he said as he died.

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