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Monthly Chronicle.
of the Wexford Militia prisoners . They marched off rapidly towards Leighlin , The troops from thence , consisting of a small party of the gth dragoons commanded by Lieutenant Higgins , Lieutenant Colonel Rochfort ' s , and Captain Cornwall ' s Yeomanry , killed sixty of them . Night coming ou , I could not pursue them any further . By the position they took up near Sbarkill , I conceived their intentions were to form a junclion with the colliers jt Castlecomer . As soon as the troops were able to move , I marched with nine
hundred men to attack them , and was sorry to find , they had burnt the whofe town , and forced the soldiers who were in it to retire before my arrival . Having cleared tbe town with the guns , I attacked them on all sides . About four hundred were killed , the remainder fled . They were commanded b y a priest called Murphy , and their numbers are said to amount to 5000 . Oii ,-loss was inconsiderable . My force consisted of the Wexford and Wicklow Militiaunder the command of Lord Loftus and the Honourable Colonel
, Howard . The dragoons were commanded by Major Donaldson ofthe gth j dragoons , and Major Barnard , ofthe Romney fencibles , with several yeomanry corps from this county and Carlow , who , as well as the other troops , are entitled to my warmest praise for their bravery and alertness , pn this and every occasion . C . ASGILL , '
RETURN OF THE KILLED , WOUNDED , AND MISSING , Oil tbe 21 st June , in the attack on Vinegar Hill and the Town of Enniscorthy . Lieutenant-General Dundas ' s Corps ( Major-Guicr ' al Sir J . Duff ' s Brigade ) 89 th regiment , 1 rank and file killed ; ( General Needhan . ' s brigade ) 7 th Dragoon Guards , 1 Captain wounded ; ( Gen . Wilford's Brigade ) , 9 th Dragoons , 1 rank and file killed ; Dunlavin Yeomanry Cavalry , 1 rank and file wounded ; 1 st Battalion Liht Infantry 1 subaltern killed 1 Serjeant wounded
g , , , 2 rank and file killed , 18 ditto wounded , 3 ditto missing ; Sligo Militia , 1 Field-Officer wounded , 2 rank and file killed , 3 ditto wounded ; Suffolk Fencibles , 2 rank and file wounded . ' Major-General Johnson ' s Corps , Royal Artillery , 1 rank and file wounded ; Mid-Lothian , one subaltern wounded , 1 rank and file wounded ; Hompesch ' s Hussars , 2 rank and file wounded ; 5 th Battalion 60 th regiment , 1 Captain wounded , 1 Serjeant missing , 5 rank and file killed , 5 rank and file wounded ; 1 ditto wounded 1
4 th Battalion 60 th regiment , 1 subaltern killed , , Serjeant killed , 3 rank and file killed , 22 rank and file wounded , 1 rank and file missing ; Royal Meath Regiment , 1 Serjeant killed ; Roscommon regiment , 1 rank and file wounded , ' 1 rank and "file missing ; Dublin County , 1 Field-Officer wounded , 2 rank and file killed , 6 rank and file wounded . Total—2 Subalterns , 2 Serjeants . and 16 rank and file killed ; 2 Field Officers , 2 Captains , 2 Subalterns , 1 Serjeant , and 62 rank and file wounded ; 1 Serjeant , 5 rank and file missing .
NAMES OF OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED . Lieutenant Barnes , 13 th foot attached 4 th Batt . and Lieut . S . Sandys , Longford Militia , killed ; Colonel King , Sligo Militia , Major Vesey , Dublm County , Captain Donne , 7 th Dragoon Guards , Captain Schundea , 5 th Batt . 60 th Lieut . Barker , Kildare attached 4 th Batt . Lieut . Hill , Mid Lothian , wounded . KILKENNY , J 26 . ' Fearing the consequence that miht result from
g allowing the Rebels who fled from Wexford to remain any length of time in this county , I preferred attacking them with the troops I alread y had , to waiting till a reinforcement arrived . My force amounted to 1100 men . The Rebels consisted of about 5000 . ' ¦ I attacked them this morning at six o ' clock in their position on Kilconnel-hill , near Gore ' s Bridge , and soon dsfeated'
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Monthly Chronicle.
of the Wexford Militia prisoners . They marched off rapidly towards Leighlin , The troops from thence , consisting of a small party of the gth dragoons commanded by Lieutenant Higgins , Lieutenant Colonel Rochfort ' s , and Captain Cornwall ' s Yeomanry , killed sixty of them . Night coming ou , I could not pursue them any further . By the position they took up near Sbarkill , I conceived their intentions were to form a junclion with the colliers jt Castlecomer . As soon as the troops were able to move , I marched with nine
hundred men to attack them , and was sorry to find , they had burnt the whofe town , and forced the soldiers who were in it to retire before my arrival . Having cleared tbe town with the guns , I attacked them on all sides . About four hundred were killed , the remainder fled . They were commanded b y a priest called Murphy , and their numbers are said to amount to 5000 . Oii ,-loss was inconsiderable . My force consisted of the Wexford and Wicklow Militiaunder the command of Lord Loftus and the Honourable Colonel
, Howard . The dragoons were commanded by Major Donaldson ofthe gth j dragoons , and Major Barnard , ofthe Romney fencibles , with several yeomanry corps from this county and Carlow , who , as well as the other troops , are entitled to my warmest praise for their bravery and alertness , pn this and every occasion . C . ASGILL , '
RETURN OF THE KILLED , WOUNDED , AND MISSING , Oil tbe 21 st June , in the attack on Vinegar Hill and the Town of Enniscorthy . Lieutenant-General Dundas ' s Corps ( Major-Guicr ' al Sir J . Duff ' s Brigade ) 89 th regiment , 1 rank and file killed ; ( General Needhan . ' s brigade ) 7 th Dragoon Guards , 1 Captain wounded ; ( Gen . Wilford's Brigade ) , 9 th Dragoons , 1 rank and file killed ; Dunlavin Yeomanry Cavalry , 1 rank and file wounded ; 1 st Battalion Liht Infantry 1 subaltern killed 1 Serjeant wounded
g , , , 2 rank and file killed , 18 ditto wounded , 3 ditto missing ; Sligo Militia , 1 Field-Officer wounded , 2 rank and file killed , 3 ditto wounded ; Suffolk Fencibles , 2 rank and file wounded . ' Major-General Johnson ' s Corps , Royal Artillery , 1 rank and file wounded ; Mid-Lothian , one subaltern wounded , 1 rank and file wounded ; Hompesch ' s Hussars , 2 rank and file wounded ; 5 th Battalion 60 th regiment , 1 Captain wounded , 1 Serjeant missing , 5 rank and file killed , 5 rank and file wounded ; 1 ditto wounded 1
4 th Battalion 60 th regiment , 1 subaltern killed , , Serjeant killed , 3 rank and file killed , 22 rank and file wounded , 1 rank and file missing ; Royal Meath Regiment , 1 Serjeant killed ; Roscommon regiment , 1 rank and file wounded , ' 1 rank and "file missing ; Dublin County , 1 Field-Officer wounded , 2 rank and file killed , 6 rank and file wounded . Total—2 Subalterns , 2 Serjeants . and 16 rank and file killed ; 2 Field Officers , 2 Captains , 2 Subalterns , 1 Serjeant , and 62 rank and file wounded ; 1 Serjeant , 5 rank and file missing .
NAMES OF OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED . Lieutenant Barnes , 13 th foot attached 4 th Batt . and Lieut . S . Sandys , Longford Militia , killed ; Colonel King , Sligo Militia , Major Vesey , Dublm County , Captain Donne , 7 th Dragoon Guards , Captain Schundea , 5 th Batt . 60 th Lieut . Barker , Kildare attached 4 th Batt . Lieut . Hill , Mid Lothian , wounded . KILKENNY , J 26 . ' Fearing the consequence that miht result from
g allowing the Rebels who fled from Wexford to remain any length of time in this county , I preferred attacking them with the troops I alread y had , to waiting till a reinforcement arrived . My force amounted to 1100 men . The Rebels consisted of about 5000 . ' ¦ I attacked them this morning at six o ' clock in their position on Kilconnel-hill , near Gore ' s Bridge , and soon dsfeated'