"When the Irish switch sides " Topic
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| Tango01 | 22 Nov 2014 10:26 p.m. PST |
Old, but still quite interesting article. "The very unknown story of a regiment of Irishmen which passed from Spanish to French service, and what happened to them.
Irish soldiers were regarded as the best of the Spanish armies of the 17th century just before Old Spaniards and Italians. Thousand of Irishmen enlisted the ranks of the Spanish armies during and after the Nine Year's War and the Irish Confederate Wars, and some of them were treated as elite units, not only at the Low Countries, where they did their most distinguished services, but also at Portugal and Catalonia, where they helped the Spanish king in attempting to crush both independentist revolts (What a paradox!). Irish troops were employed at the Catalan War since the beggining. An Irish tercio (Tyrone) was present at the 1640-41 campaign, seen action at the Battle of Montjuïc, when Tyrone was killed from a musket shot. Severely decimated by the battle-losses and the terrible three-months siege of Tarragona, Tyrone's regiment was transfered in 1642 to the Portuguese front. But let's go to Richard Grace's story…"
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link Hope you enjoy! Amicalement
Armand |
| Zargon | 23 Nov 2014 9:45 a.m. PST |
The Irish never changed sides, the just fought for everyone, :) |
| Tango01 | 23 Nov 2014 12:03 p.m. PST |
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