Author: James E. Mcgee

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-11

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780266162292

Excerpt from Sketches of Irish Soldiers in Every Land While selecting prominent characters, and incident ally touching on the relation of important battles, I have endeavored also to preserve as much as possible a chronological sequence, so that those who have neither leisure nor inclination to study the history of the last three centuries, as it elucidates the condition and afflictions of Ireland, may incidentally gain some notion of the motives, aims, and innate strength of her people, while amusing themselves with the moving accounts of practical warfare. It is almost unnecessary to say that the present collection of evidences of I rish prowess and skill on many a well-fought field, is not intended to demon strate them in the past or present to the general public for, whatever other quality may be refused to that people, courage has never been denied them. England herself, who, like the ancient Romans, is not satisfied with subduing a weaker nation, but always seeks to justify her wrong by destroying in the minds of others the character of its people, cannot deny them the attribute of courage. But she does all in her power. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.