featured Wild Geese Stories: Patrick Sarsfield and The Wild Geese<sup>®</sup> Pt 2
When The Wild Geese® landed in France in 1691, they joined a new Jacobite army forming in France, under Louis XIV. By the following year, this army numbered 15,000 with Patrick Sarsfield commanding it's second unit. Louis XIV planned an invasion of England using this Jacobite army, to put James II back on the throne. An additional 7,000 troops and a train...
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Patrick Sarsfield's army is defeated at the decisive Battle of The Boyne. From this point on, his attempt to oust the English and place James II on the throne were doomed. Sarsfield had to decide what to do next and although his heart wanted to fight on, his head knew he had run out of options. He signed the Treaty of Limerick,...
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