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[The French Army, including a part of the Irish Brigade, under Marshal / Villeroy, held the fortified town of Cremona during the winter of 1702. / Prince Eugène, with the Imperial Army, surprised it one morning, and, / owing to the treachery of a priest, occupied the whole city before the / alarm was given. Villeroy was captured, together with many of the French / garrison. The Irish, however, consisting of the regiments of Dillon and / of Burke, held a fort commanding the river gate, and defended themselves / all day, in spite of Prince Eugène's efforts to win them over to his / cause. Eventually Eugène, being unable to take the post, was compelled / to withdraw from the city.]
The Grenadiers of Austria are proper men and tall; / The Grenadiers of Austria have scaled the city wall; / They have marched from far away / Ere the dawning of the day, / And the morning saw them masters of Cremona.