17d (8) Battle in Belgium in which a famous charge of the Irish Brigade enabled the French to beat the Anglo-Hanovarian forces
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The battle of Fontenoy (1745) has always been regarded by the Irish as a national victory. The charge of the Irish Brigade flung the English back as they were on the point of putting the French to the rout. The Irish went into the battle with the cry, “Remember Limerick.”