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Monthly Chronicle.
ihe command of Mr . Bagena ! Harvey , and were burning the town , he proceeded to its relief with 400 men ; but the rebels had fled before he could arrive . ' They had attackedMr . Kavanagh ' s bouse , in which were 29 men of the Conegall militia , who , notwithstanding the incessant fire kept up on them for some hours , defended themselves in the most gallant manner , and killed several of the rebels . Nothing could surpass the determined bravery of those few men . The rebels effected their into the county of Wexford .
escape ' A letter , received by Lieutenant-General Lake from Major-General Johnson , dated the 13 th inst . at New Ross , states , that having received . nformation that the Rebels had fitted out several boats and other craft for the purpose of effecting their escape , he had sent Lieutenant Hill , with such armed vessels as could be spared from Feathard , where they were collected , with orders to destroy the whole ; which Lieutenant Hill effected with his usual spirit , and without loss . Thirteen large sailing hookers and a great many boats were burnt . *
JUNE 16 . — ' This morning advices were received from Major-General Nugent . By these it appears , that the Rebels , who had been defeated at Ballynahinch , have petitioned for pardon , and offered to surrender up all their arms and ammunition : the Major-General , in reply , promised to accept their submission on the condition of their giving up their leader , Munroe , and the other principal traitors who had instigated them to their late wicked practices ; they were to surrender by twelve o ' clock on the 15 th ; Munroe was , however , taken by General Nugent early on that morning . to the affair at states the loss
' Major-General Nugent , alluding Ballynahinch , of the Rebels to have exceeded five hundred men , and lhat many have been since made prisoners The General particularly states his acknowledgment for the services of Major-General Barber . ' He mentions , with great satisfaction , the conduct of Mr . Boyd , of Ballycastle . Mr . M'Naug hten had sent to warn him of his danger , which induced him to retreat on Friday last to Coleraine , where he collected the Dunsevenich and Giant ' s with whichtogether with his ownhe returned to
Causeway corps , , , Ballycastle , and beat the Rebels out of the place ; and he is now proceeding to punish them between that town and Glenarm . ' Captain Stewart , of the Glenarm yeomanry , and Captain Matthews , of the Portaferry yeomanry , have behaved uncommonly well in repulsing large bodies of Rebels , who attacked them with great fur }' . ' General Nugent speaks generally of the conduct of all the yeomanry in his district in the warmest terms of approbation , and mentions that he has thanked them all . '
JUNE 17 . — ' I am to acquaint your Grace , that , since the defeat of the Rebels at Ballynahinch , advices have been received from Major-General Nugent , that they have not re-assembled in the county of Down , but are submitting and delivering up their arms in various places . ' JUNE lg . —Accounts were this day received from Brigadier Genera ! Barnett , statin" -, that on the . nth inst . a considerable body of Rebels attacked Kilbeggan , but were repulsed by a detachment of fifty of theNorthumberland fencibles , under
the command of Captain Thatcher ; one hundred and twenty of the Rebels were killed , and a great many wounded ; the detachment behaved with the greatest gallantry . 'Brigadier-Genera ! Grose reports from Kilcock , that Colonel Irwine , with a detachment under his command , had this day engaged a body of above two thousand rebels at Ovidstown hill , about a mile from Hortland . The loss of Uie Rebels was upwards of two hundred slain . The number of killed and wounded of his Majesty ' s troops does not amount
' to more than twenty-three . Ensign Sutter , of the Inverness Fencibles , was killed ; Colonel Irwine was himself wounded slightly in the cheek ; Sir Richard Steele , of the 4 th dragoon guards , was also wounded , but it is hoped not dangerously . Colonel Irwine reports to General Grose , that he is highly indebted to all the officers and men who served under him ; and that lie was much benefited by the assistance he received from Colonel Burrowes , who volunteered on the occasion , '
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Monthly Chronicle.
ihe command of Mr . Bagena ! Harvey , and were burning the town , he proceeded to its relief with 400 men ; but the rebels had fled before he could arrive . ' They had attackedMr . Kavanagh ' s bouse , in which were 29 men of the Conegall militia , who , notwithstanding the incessant fire kept up on them for some hours , defended themselves in the most gallant manner , and killed several of the rebels . Nothing could surpass the determined bravery of those few men . The rebels effected their into the county of Wexford .
escape ' A letter , received by Lieutenant-General Lake from Major-General Johnson , dated the 13 th inst . at New Ross , states , that having received . nformation that the Rebels had fitted out several boats and other craft for the purpose of effecting their escape , he had sent Lieutenant Hill , with such armed vessels as could be spared from Feathard , where they were collected , with orders to destroy the whole ; which Lieutenant Hill effected with his usual spirit , and without loss . Thirteen large sailing hookers and a great many boats were burnt . *
JUNE 16 . — ' This morning advices were received from Major-General Nugent . By these it appears , that the Rebels , who had been defeated at Ballynahinch , have petitioned for pardon , and offered to surrender up all their arms and ammunition : the Major-General , in reply , promised to accept their submission on the condition of their giving up their leader , Munroe , and the other principal traitors who had instigated them to their late wicked practices ; they were to surrender by twelve o ' clock on the 15 th ; Munroe was , however , taken by General Nugent early on that morning . to the affair at states the loss
' Major-General Nugent , alluding Ballynahinch , of the Rebels to have exceeded five hundred men , and lhat many have been since made prisoners The General particularly states his acknowledgment for the services of Major-General Barber . ' He mentions , with great satisfaction , the conduct of Mr . Boyd , of Ballycastle . Mr . M'Naug hten had sent to warn him of his danger , which induced him to retreat on Friday last to Coleraine , where he collected the Dunsevenich and Giant ' s with whichtogether with his ownhe returned to
Causeway corps , , , Ballycastle , and beat the Rebels out of the place ; and he is now proceeding to punish them between that town and Glenarm . ' Captain Stewart , of the Glenarm yeomanry , and Captain Matthews , of the Portaferry yeomanry , have behaved uncommonly well in repulsing large bodies of Rebels , who attacked them with great fur }' . ' General Nugent speaks generally of the conduct of all the yeomanry in his district in the warmest terms of approbation , and mentions that he has thanked them all . '
JUNE 17 . — ' I am to acquaint your Grace , that , since the defeat of the Rebels at Ballynahinch , advices have been received from Major-General Nugent , that they have not re-assembled in the county of Down , but are submitting and delivering up their arms in various places . ' JUNE lg . —Accounts were this day received from Brigadier Genera ! Barnett , statin" -, that on the . nth inst . a considerable body of Rebels attacked Kilbeggan , but were repulsed by a detachment of fifty of theNorthumberland fencibles , under
the command of Captain Thatcher ; one hundred and twenty of the Rebels were killed , and a great many wounded ; the detachment behaved with the greatest gallantry . 'Brigadier-Genera ! Grose reports from Kilcock , that Colonel Irwine , with a detachment under his command , had this day engaged a body of above two thousand rebels at Ovidstown hill , about a mile from Hortland . The loss of Uie Rebels was upwards of two hundred slain . The number of killed and wounded of his Majesty ' s troops does not amount
' to more than twenty-three . Ensign Sutter , of the Inverness Fencibles , was killed ; Colonel Irwine was himself wounded slightly in the cheek ; Sir Richard Steele , of the 4 th dragoon guards , was also wounded , but it is hoped not dangerously . Colonel Irwine reports to General Grose , that he is highly indebted to all the officers and men who served under him ; and that lie was much benefited by the assistance he received from Colonel Burrowes , who volunteered on the occasion , '