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Page 57
... Battle of Hastings . Fitzmaurice's cavalry would therefore never be a match for even a small squadron of regular horse . His infantry was similarly disadvantaged . The mainstay of the Irish battle line had long been the galloglaigh , or ...
... Battle of Hastings . Fitzmaurice's cavalry would therefore never be a match for even a small squadron of regular horse . His infantry was similarly disadvantaged . The mainstay of the Irish battle line had long been the galloglaigh , or ...
Page 159
... battle believing it to mean his certain death . He was not mistaken . Jacques Wingfield , the Master of the Ordi- nance , was present with two nephews , Sir George Carew and his brother , another Sir Peter . He tried vainly to dissuade ...
... battle believing it to mean his certain death . He was not mistaken . Jacques Wingfield , the Master of the Ordi- nance , was present with two nephews , Sir George Carew and his brother , another Sir Peter . He tried vainly to dissuade ...
Page 258
... battle along the banks of the Blackwater River the O'Donnells routed the column and scattered their supplies into the river at a place since called the Ford of Biscuits . By early 1595 the Irish of O'Donnell and Maguire had broken ...
... battle along the banks of the Blackwater River the O'Donnells routed the column and scattered their supplies into the river at a place since called the Ford of Biscuits . By early 1595 the Irish of O'Donnell and Maguire had broken ...
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