CHAPTER III

The Irish Troops, as a Majority, Enter the French Service—King James Receives Them Cordially—His Testimony of Their Devotion and Courage[383]

CHAPTER IV

Early Exploits of the Irish Brigade in the Service of France—At Landen, Cremona, and Blenheim—Tribute Paid it by an English Historian[388]

CHAPTER V

The Irish Brigade in the Campaigns of North Italy and Flanders—Its Strength at Various Periods—Count Dillon’s Reply to King Louis XV[393]

CHAPTER VI

The Austrian Succession—Campaign of 1745—Magnificent Achievement of the Irish Brigade at Fontenoy—Prince Louis’s Adieu to the Heroes[399]

BOOK VII

Narrating the Many Penal Statutes Against the Catholics, and Carrying the Story Down to the Acquirement of a Free Commerce by the Irish Parliament, under the Leadership of Grattan, a.d. 1780[409]