The Irish at the Front. Michael MacDonagh

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       Michael MacDonagh

      The Irish at the Front

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066143701

Table of Contents

       A DAUNTLESS BATTLE LINE ToC

       THE IRISH AT THE FRONT

       INTRODUCTION ToC

       CHAPTER I

       THE RETREAT FROM MONS ToC

       CHAPTER II

       BATTLE OF THE RIVERS ToC

       CHAPTER III

       CONTEST FOR THE CHANNEL COAST ToC

       CHAPTER IV

       ASPHYXIATING GAS AND LIQUID FIRE ToC

       CHAPTER V

       THE IMMORTAL STORY ToC

       CHAPTER VI

       THE 10TH IRISH DIVISION IN GALLIPOLI ToC

       CHAPTER VII

       IN THE REST CAMP ToC

       CHAPTER VIII

       FIGHT FOR KISLAH DAGH ToC

       CHAPTER IX

       FOR CROSS AND CROWN ToC

       CHAPTER X

       THE GREAT PUSH AT LOOS ToC

       CHAPTER XI

       THE VICTORIA CROSS ToC

       CHAPTER XII

       "FOR VALOUR" ToC

A DAUNTLESS BATTLE LINEToC

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      THE IRISH REGIMENTS AND THEIR WAR HONOURS

      Ireland is represented in the fighting forces of the Empire by a regiment of Foot Guards, eight regiments of the Line, each of two Regular battalions, and with several linked battalions of the Special Reserve, or old Militia, and many Service battalions raised for "Kitchener's Army." Altogether, these various battalions of the Irish regiments number fifty-four. There are two Dragoon regiments and one regiment each of Hussars and Lancers. The Volunteer or Territorial system has not been extended to Ireland. Still, the country is not without representation in the Auxiliary Forces. She has raised two Yeomanry regiments, the South Irish Horse, and the North Irish Horse, and in England there are two predominantly Irish Territorial battalions, the London Irish Rifles (18th Battalion of the London Regiment) and the Liverpool Irish (8th Battalion of the King's Liverpool Regiment), both of which have "South Africa, 1900–02" as a battle honour. There are also tens of thousands of Irishmen in the English, Scottish, and Welsh regiments, the Artillery, the Engineers, the Army Medical Corps, as well as in the Royal Navy.

      The following are the Irish Infantry and Cavalry regiments, with their badges and battle honours:—

      Irish Guards.

      In acknowledgment and commemoration of the brave and honourable part taken by the Irish troops in the Boer War an Irish regiment of Foot Guards was added to the Brigade of Guards in 1900 by command of Queen Victoria. Unlike the Scots Guards, which are largely English, the Irish Guards are almost exclusively Irish. Badges: the Cross of the Order of St. Patrick and the Shamrock. Recruiting area: all Ireland.

      Royal Irish Regiment.

      The Harp of Ireland, with the motto Virtutis Namuriensis Præmium ("The Reward of Bravery at Namur"), surmounted by a Crown and enwreathed with Shamrocks. Recruiting area: the Munster Counties of Tipperary and Waterford, and the Leinster Counties of Kilkenny and Wexford. Depôt: Clonmel.

      The Sphinx, superscribed "Egypt." The Dragon, superscribed "China"; "Namur, 1695"; "Blenheim"; "Ramillies," "Oudenarde"; "Malplaquet"; "Pegu"; "Sevastopol"; "New Zealand"; "Afghanistan, 1879–80"; "Tel-el-Kebir"; "Egypt, 1882"; "Nile, 1884–85"; "South Africa, 1900–02."

      Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.

      A grenade with the Castle of Inniskilling flying the flag of St. George inscribed on the ball. Motto: Nec aspera terrent ("The harshest trials do not affright us"). Recruiting area: the Ulster Counties of Donegal, Derry, Tyrone, and Fermanagh. Depôt: Omagh town.

      The Sphinx, superscribed "Egypt." "Martinique, 1762"; "Havannah"; "St. Lucia, 1778, 1796"; "Maida"; "Badajoz"; "Salamanca"; "Vittoria"; "Pyrenees"; "Nivelle"; "Orthes"; "Toulouse"; "Peninsula"; "Waterloo"; "South Africa, 1835, 1846–7"; "Central India"; "Relief of Ladysmith"; "South Africa, 1899–1902."

      Royal Irish Rifles.

      The Harp and Crown, with the motto Quis Separabit? ("Who shall divide us?") on a scroll beneath, and a bugle with strings, the symbol of a rifle regiment. Recruiting area: the Ulster Counties of Antrim and Down, including the City of Belfast. Depôt: Belfast.

      The Sphinx, superscribed "Egypt." "India"; "Cape of Good Hope, 1806"; "Talavera"; "Bourbon"; "Busaco"; "Fuentes d'Onor"; "Ciudad Rodrigo"; "Badajoz"; "Salamanca";