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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
IRISH REBELLION . FRO ' M THE LONDON" GAZETTES .
EXTRACTS OF LETTERS FROM TIIE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND TO THE POKE OF rOHTLAKD , SEC 11 ETARY OF STATE FOll THE HOME DEPARTMENT . DttRLIN-CASTLE , MAY 24 , I 79 - t TPHE intelligence contained in my last dispatches must have prepared JL 5-our Grace to hear of some attempts being made by the Rebels to carry Iheir tiaitorous designs into execution before every possibility of success was dethe vi which have latelbeen pursued
stroyed by gorous measures y . < " For some days orders had been issued by the leadeis of the United Irishmen , directing their partizaus to be ready at a moment ' s notice , as the measures of Government made it necessary for them tp act immediately . Yesterday information was received , that it was probable the city and the adjacent districts would rise in the evening ; subsequent information confirmed this intelligence . In consequence of which , notice was sent to the general officers in the neighbourhood , and Dubr Jin was in a state of preparation . The measures taken in the metropolis
prevented any movement whatsoever ; but I am concerned to acquaint your Grace , that acts , of open rebellion were committed in the counties of Dublin , Meath , and Kildare . About half past tivo o ' clock this morning , there was a regular attack made by a rebel force upon the toivn of Naas , where Lord Gosford commanded , ivith part of the Armagh militia , and detachments of the 4 th Dragoon Guards , and Ancient Britons . The Rebels consisted of about a thousand men , armed with muskets and pikes , and thev made their attack with regularity , but were soon repulsed by the Armagh militia , and then charged and pursued by the 4 th Dragoon Guards and Ancient British , and 1 understand their loss amounted to near -too .
Two officers and a few privates have been lost of his Majesty ' s forces . It gives me pain to relate that a small detachment at the town of Prosperous has been surprised , and a detachment at the village of Clare cut their way to Naas , with some loss . There was also an attack on a small party of the g : h Dragoons , near Kilcullen , which suffered ; but in the course of the day General Dundas was enabled to come ' up with a considerable body of the Keoels near the hills of Kilcullen , where they were entii ' ely routed , with the loss of 200 men . There were also several bodies collected last night in different parts near Dublinwhich
, were attacked by the Rathrarnhani Cavalry , and by a detachment of the 5 th Dragoons , and dispersed with some loss , and some prisoners and horses were taken . A rebel party , however , assembled at the borders of the county of Dublin , near Daiiboyne , and overpowered some constables , and afterwards took the baggage of two companies , guarded by a small party of the Rear Fencibles , coming to town , and have , during the course of this day , committed many outrages : several of them , however , have been killed , but the body remains undispersed . The Dublin
mail-coach , going to the North , was attacked , within a few miles of , by a select body , well armed ; the passengers were taken , and the coach burned . The Galway mail-coach ivas also attacked in the town of Lucan , but the rebel party was driven off before its destruction was effected . '
MAY 16 , ten o ' clock , A . M . ' I have stated in a private letter to your Grace , that a party of Rebels , to the amount of several hundreds , were attacked by a detachment of the Antrim Militia , a small party of Cavalry , and Capt . Stratford ' s Yeomanry , and that , being driven into the town of Baltinglas , they lost about one hundred and fifty men . ' This morning an account has been received from Major Hardy , that yesterday
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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
IRISH REBELLION . FRO ' M THE LONDON" GAZETTES .
EXTRACTS OF LETTERS FROM TIIE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND TO THE POKE OF rOHTLAKD , SEC 11 ETARY OF STATE FOll THE HOME DEPARTMENT . DttRLIN-CASTLE , MAY 24 , I 79 - t TPHE intelligence contained in my last dispatches must have prepared JL 5-our Grace to hear of some attempts being made by the Rebels to carry Iheir tiaitorous designs into execution before every possibility of success was dethe vi which have latelbeen pursued
stroyed by gorous measures y . < " For some days orders had been issued by the leadeis of the United Irishmen , directing their partizaus to be ready at a moment ' s notice , as the measures of Government made it necessary for them tp act immediately . Yesterday information was received , that it was probable the city and the adjacent districts would rise in the evening ; subsequent information confirmed this intelligence . In consequence of which , notice was sent to the general officers in the neighbourhood , and Dubr Jin was in a state of preparation . The measures taken in the metropolis
prevented any movement whatsoever ; but I am concerned to acquaint your Grace , that acts , of open rebellion were committed in the counties of Dublin , Meath , and Kildare . About half past tivo o ' clock this morning , there was a regular attack made by a rebel force upon the toivn of Naas , where Lord Gosford commanded , ivith part of the Armagh militia , and detachments of the 4 th Dragoon Guards , and Ancient Britons . The Rebels consisted of about a thousand men , armed with muskets and pikes , and thev made their attack with regularity , but were soon repulsed by the Armagh militia , and then charged and pursued by the 4 th Dragoon Guards and Ancient British , and 1 understand their loss amounted to near -too .
Two officers and a few privates have been lost of his Majesty ' s forces . It gives me pain to relate that a small detachment at the town of Prosperous has been surprised , and a detachment at the village of Clare cut their way to Naas , with some loss . There was also an attack on a small party of the g : h Dragoons , near Kilcullen , which suffered ; but in the course of the day General Dundas was enabled to come ' up with a considerable body of the Keoels near the hills of Kilcullen , where they were entii ' ely routed , with the loss of 200 men . There were also several bodies collected last night in different parts near Dublinwhich
, were attacked by the Rathrarnhani Cavalry , and by a detachment of the 5 th Dragoons , and dispersed with some loss , and some prisoners and horses were taken . A rebel party , however , assembled at the borders of the county of Dublin , near Daiiboyne , and overpowered some constables , and afterwards took the baggage of two companies , guarded by a small party of the Rear Fencibles , coming to town , and have , during the course of this day , committed many outrages : several of them , however , have been killed , but the body remains undispersed . The Dublin
mail-coach , going to the North , was attacked , within a few miles of , by a select body , well armed ; the passengers were taken , and the coach burned . The Galway mail-coach ivas also attacked in the town of Lucan , but the rebel party was driven off before its destruction was effected . '
MAY 16 , ten o ' clock , A . M . ' I have stated in a private letter to your Grace , that a party of Rebels , to the amount of several hundreds , were attacked by a detachment of the Antrim Militia , a small party of Cavalry , and Capt . Stratford ' s Yeomanry , and that , being driven into the town of Baltinglas , they lost about one hundred and fifty men . ' This morning an account has been received from Major Hardy , that yesterday