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  • "Fontenoy" and "The Sack of Baltimore," may fairly claim to compare with those of any contemporary poet.

    The Story of Ireland Emily Lawless 1879

  • His best known poems included 'A nation once again ',' The West's asleep ',' Lament for the death of Owen Roe O'Neill ',' Fontenoy ',' Clare's Dragoons ',' Tom's grave 'and' My Land '.

    Irish Blogs 2008

  • It was hung around with dark pictures in broad black frames, for the most part pictures of battles, "Fontenoy," "Stemming the Rout at Steinkirk," "Blenheim

    Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro

  • Hi Alastair, “Marquise de Fontenoy” was the pseudonym of Marguerite Cunliffe-Owen.

    Ask Evangeline | Edwardian Promenade 2009

  • One reason for this is the fact that the three regiments of Foot Guards took to the field and fought at Dettingen in 1743 and Fontenoy in 1745.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Der Alte Fritz 2009

  • On this cold January day the Place de Fontenoy is full of soldiers in dress uniform for a solemn ceremony.

    Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009

  • At the edge of the Place de Fontenoy a small mob is shouting.

    Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009

  • One reason for this is the fact that the three regiments of Foot Guards took to the field and fought at Dettingen in 1743 and Fontenoy in 1745.

    The Guards Der Alte Fritz 2009

  • The swords, as we have just remarked, returned the insult; the sword of Fontenoy was laughable and nothing but a scrap of rusty iron; the sword of Marengo was odious and was only a sabre.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • Bouvines and Fontenoy were mentioned as though they had taken place on the preceding day, Austerlitz having become antiquated.

    Les Miserables 2008

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