Colonel Francis Burdett O'Connor -- Pobal na h-�ireann

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Subject: Colonel Francis Burdett O'Connor

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Sean

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Date Posted: 04:55:40 03/02/03 Sun

The Irish Lancers, under the command of Colonel Francis Burdett O'Connor (from County Cork), brought up last-minute assistance with two field guns and a company of sharp-shooters. O'Connor himself led a charge against an enemy force estimated at 1,700 and sent the Spaniards fleeing. The feat was itself remarkable since the supposedly light cavalry didn't have so much as a horse among them....

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