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Ireland’s Wars: The Tugela Heights

Posted on April 18, 2017 by

Two months on from “Black Week” and Buller, along with the rest of the forces under his command, were still on the wrong side of the Tugela River. It had been a costly period. Twice more, after the repulse at … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Waterloo

Posted on November 25, 2015 by

Waterloo is, in my opinion, every bit the great “decisive” battle that it is made out to be. The French Wars had appeared to peter out in 1813 and 1814, as Allied armies overran France and Napoleon’s military found itself … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Napoleon’s Irish Legion

Posted on November 18, 2015 by

Napoleon Bonaparte was a singular individual, every inch the “great man” who did more than anyone else to inspire that particular approach to history. Having won a serious reputation during many martial exploits, Napoleon seized power in Paris in 1799, … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The End Of The French Irish Brigade

Posted on November 4, 2015 by

France in the late 1780’s was a tinderbox just waiting for the right spark. French involvement in the American Revolution and associated conflicts with Britain elsewhere around the globe had left the state near bankruptcy, with the military feeling the … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Irish In The Seven Years War

Posted on September 16, 2015 by

The Irish Brigade had made their reputation in the War of the Austrian Succession, at places like Fontenoy and Lafelt. When that war concluded in 1748, with the Treaty of Aix-le-Chappelle, the Brigade was left as one of the most … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Culloden

Posted on September 9, 2015 by

It was April 1745, and the Jacobite forces that remained in Charles Stuart’s employ were preparing to face down the oncoming government army of the Duke of Cumberland. Here, just east of Inverness, the key battle of the ’45 would be … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The ’45 Collapses

Posted on September 2, 2015 by

Charles Edward Stuart was on the march in Britain. His Jacobite Army, predominantly made up of Scottish Highlanders with a mix of Irish volunteers from the Irish Brigade of France, was moving southwards, invading the north of England with the … Continue reading →

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