In the Irish Brigade:
A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain
By G. A. Henty.
| Preface. | |
| Chapter 1: | Fresh from Ireland. |
| Chapter 2: | A Valiant Band. |
| Chapter 3: | A Strange Adventure. |
| Chapter 4: | At Versailles. |
| Chapter 5: | A New Friend. |
| Chapter 6: | An Ambuscade. |
| Chapter 7: | In Paris Again. |
| Chapter 8: | To Scotland. |
| Chapter 9: | An Escape From Newgate. |
| Chapter 10: | Kidnapping A Minister. |
| Chapter 11: | On the Frontier. |
| Chapter 12: | Oudenarde. |
| Chapter 13: | Convalescent. |
| Chapter 14: | A Mission. |
| Chapter 15: | Treachery. |
| Chapter 16: | Captured. |
| Chapter 17: | An Old Friend. |
| Chapter 18: | War. |
| Chapter 19: | In Search of a Family. |
| Chapter 20: | Gerald O'Carroll. |
Preface.
The evils arising from religious persecution, sectarian hatred,ill government, and oppression were never more strongly illustratedthan by the fact that, for a century, Ireland, which has since thattime furnished us with a large proportion of our best soldiers,should have been among our bitterest and most formidable foes, andher sons fought in the ranks of our greatest continental enemy. Itwas not because they were adherents of the house of Stuart thatIrishmen left their native country to take service abroad, butbecause life in Ireland was rendered well-nigh intolerable forCatholics, on account of the nature and severity of the lawsagainst them, and the bitterness with which those laws were carriedinto effect.
An Irish Catholic had no prospects of employment or advancementat home. He could hold no civil appointment of any kind. He couldnot serve as an officer, nor even enlist as a private, in the army.He could not hold land. He was subject to imprisonment, and evendeath, on the most trifling and frivolous accusations broughtagainst him by the satellites of th