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"Thanks Douglas.
If I do come across a Lawless at Fontenoy, I’ll post about it here. Emily Lawless is most appropriate, and mentioned for that very reason at https://11may1745.wordpress.com"
"Thank you for posting this. I did not see any of my name on the list, though I know I have Wild Geese membership in my family's history. I thought it appropriate to drop Emily Lawless's famous "Fontenoy" poem.…"
Battle of Fontenoy - 11 May 1745
Hi everyone. My first post in this group. One particular interest of mine is the Battle of Fontenoy, especially the Irish involvement. This battle, took place on 11 May 1745, during the War of the Austrian Succession 1740-48, in the Austrian Netherlands (now southern Belgium, not too far from the French border). On that day, six Irish infantry regiments (Clare, Lally, Bulkeley, Dillon, Rooth, Berwick) and one Irish cavalry regiment (FitzJames) formed part of the French army of Louis XV, which…See More
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