. The story of the Munsters at Etreux, Festubert, Rue du Bois and Hulloch . is splendid, and I am proud tosign myself DUNRAVEN, Hon. Col. ^th Battalion^ Royal Munster Fusiliers. CONTENTS FAGBTHE STAND OF THE MUNSTERS AT ETREUX . I THE MUNSTERS AT FESTUBERT , , .17 THE MUNSTERS AT RUE DU BOIS . , -32 THE MUNSTERS AT HULLOCH ... -45 THE STAND AT ETREUX 55 APPENDIX 67 XV LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE MUNSTERS AT ETREUX {Drawn by Christopher Clark) To face page tMAJOR p. A CHARRiER {Photograph) „ 6 THE MUNSTERS AT FESTUBERT {Drawn by Philip Dadd) „ 17 A. M. BENT, {Photograph) „ 24
. The story of the Munsters at Etreux, Festubert, Rue du Bois and Hulloch . is splendid, and I am proud tosign myself DUNRAVEN, Hon. Col. ^th Battalion^ Royal Munster Fusiliers. CONTENTS FAGBTHE STAND OF THE MUNSTERS AT ETREUX . I THE MUNSTERS AT FESTUBERT , , .17 THE MUNSTERS AT RUE DU BOIS . , -32 THE MUNSTERS AT HULLOCH ... -45 THE STAND AT ETREUX 55 APPENDIX 67 XV LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE MUNSTERS AT ETREUX {Drawn by Christopher Clark) To face page tMAJOR p. A CHARRiER {Photograph) „ 6 THE MUNSTERS AT FESTUBERT {Drawn by Philip Dadd) „ 17 A. M. BENT, {Photograph) „ 24 G. J. RYAN, {Photograph) „ 28 THE LAST ABSOLUTION AT RUE DU BOIS . {Draivn by F. Matania) „ 34 V. G H. RiCKARD {Photograph) „ 38 CAPT. J. CAMPBELL-DICK {Photograph) „ 40 THE MUNSTERS AT HULLOCH {Draivn by F. Matania) ,, 45 MAJOR J. w. CONSIDINE {Photograph) „ 49 MAPS TO ILLUSTRATE THE STAND OF THE MUNSTERS AT ETREUX {Sketch A) page 57 {Sketch B) „ 63 OFFICERS OF THE 2ND RL. MUNSTER FUSILIERS, MAY 1915 {Photograph) To/acepage66 TVl. THE STAND OF THEMUNSTERS AT ETREUX August 21 th^ 1914 (WHICH TOOK. PLACE DURING THE RETREATFROM MONS) Then lift the flag of the last crusade,And fill the ranks of the last brigade,March on to the fields where the worlds remadeAnd the ancient dreams come true. A Song of the Irish Armies. By T. On the 13th of August, 1914, the 2ndBattalion Royal Munster Fusiliers leftAldershot on their way to an unknowndestination somewhere in France. The Expeditionary Force was reach-ing forward, as one of the officerswrote, towards a jolly in Belgium,and he also added, some of us will B 2 STORY OF THE MUNSTERS not come back. The same joy thatwas with Garibaldi and his thousandwhen they went forth to the redemptionof a small and gallant race, went, weall know, with the men of the FirstDivision. Each one knew that an hourlay ahead when great issues were to bejoined, and the Munsters were proud tofeel that the chance was
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