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Monthly Chronicle.
fro-ei Majors-General Needham and Sir James DufFe , dated at Gorey , tbj 5 th instant , which state , that they had marched from then-different positions 05 the night ofthe 4 th , in order to surprise a large body of Rebels posted at the White Heaps . The Rebels having moved eailyin the morning ofthe 5 ft from their post , were met by Sir James Dude ' s column at the Wicklow Gap , and after a few cannon shot they retreated . . ? Sir J . Duffe pursued ; General Need-ram ' s column was at too great a distance
for his infantry to assist , but his cavalry joined in the pursuit , which continued for twelve miles , when they were stopped on some rising grounds : here the regiments under Sir James Duffe coming up , viz . the 89 th , the Louth , and the Leitrim , with their curricle guns , the Rebels were put to flight , with yery considerable slaughter , and disp . rsr-d in all directions . The loss of Sit J . Duffe ' s column was 6 men killed , 16 wounded , and 6 horses killed . ' It appears from other letters , that on Sunday last a patrole of cavalry , Under the command of Colonel Puleston , was attacked on their march b y j body of Rebels from behind hedges contiguous to the road , and suffered some loss in men and horses .
' Major prmsby , ofthe City of Limerick Militia , has reported from Edenderry , that on the 30 th past , he had attacked a body of about three hundred Rebels , with sixty Infantry and some Yeoman Cavalry , and entirely dispersed them , killing one hundred . The action took place at Fox ' s Hill , six miles from Edenderry . Major Qrmsby returns his thanks to Captain Wakely , Lieutenants Houghton , Tyrrel , and Barlow , and to Lieutenants Rogers , of the Northumberland Fencibles . His detachment experienced only the loss
of two horses . ' DUELIN CASTLE , JULYI 6 . It having been reported that the mountains of Wicklow afforded a retreat to large bodies of Rebel fugitives , Lieutenant . General Lake received the Lord Lieutenant's directions to move different columns in various directions to clear that part of the country . He returned yesterday to Dublin , and reported , that he ' was not able to find any body whatever assembled in that district .
It appears , that on Monday last , those Rebels who had been in the mountains , passed over to the Bogof Allen ; and that on Wednesday a body ol about fifteen hundred attacked the town of Clonard , where they were repulsed ] with the loss of sixty men , by Colonel Blake , who marched against them from Mullingar , with about fifty Infantry and as many Yeomanry Cavalry . This body , after their defeat , moved towards Longwood , whence they were putsued on Thursday by a detachment under Brigadier General Meyrick , ahnosl
to Culmullin . About thirty were killed in the pursuit . A party of the Duke of York ' s Highlanders fell in with sixteen of them , mounted , the next morning , and killed all but one , whom they took prisoner . The main body ol the Rebels having reached Dunboyne on Thursday evening , proceeded nest day to the Hill at Garretsown , whither Major-General Myers , with a detach''ment of the Royal Buckinghamshire Militia , and of the Yeomanry Corps of Dublin , was ordered to pursue them . The Rebels , however , went off in the nig for the Boyne , and passed it . They were pursued by two ' divisions , under
Major-General Wemys and Brigadier-General Meyrick ; and their Cavalry having come up with them , the Rebels formed in a strong position in the roa « toArdee . ' As soon as the Sutherland Regiment , with the battalion gun . arrived , the Rebels fell into confusion , and broke in all directions . Genera Wemys then ordered the Cavalry and Yeomanry to attack , and followed with the Infantry , to support them . The Rebels fled into the Bog , where they were pursued by the Sutherland Highlanders , and a very considerable number wfl * killed , and a great quantify of pikes , pistols , swords , muskets , and two standards , were taken . Major-General Wemys states , that the troops behaved with very grt ?!
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Monthly Chronicle.
fro-ei Majors-General Needham and Sir James DufFe , dated at Gorey , tbj 5 th instant , which state , that they had marched from then-different positions 05 the night ofthe 4 th , in order to surprise a large body of Rebels posted at the White Heaps . The Rebels having moved eailyin the morning ofthe 5 ft from their post , were met by Sir James Dude ' s column at the Wicklow Gap , and after a few cannon shot they retreated . . ? Sir J . Duffe pursued ; General Need-ram ' s column was at too great a distance
for his infantry to assist , but his cavalry joined in the pursuit , which continued for twelve miles , when they were stopped on some rising grounds : here the regiments under Sir James Duffe coming up , viz . the 89 th , the Louth , and the Leitrim , with their curricle guns , the Rebels were put to flight , with yery considerable slaughter , and disp . rsr-d in all directions . The loss of Sit J . Duffe ' s column was 6 men killed , 16 wounded , and 6 horses killed . ' It appears from other letters , that on Sunday last a patrole of cavalry , Under the command of Colonel Puleston , was attacked on their march b y j body of Rebels from behind hedges contiguous to the road , and suffered some loss in men and horses .
' Major prmsby , ofthe City of Limerick Militia , has reported from Edenderry , that on the 30 th past , he had attacked a body of about three hundred Rebels , with sixty Infantry and some Yeoman Cavalry , and entirely dispersed them , killing one hundred . The action took place at Fox ' s Hill , six miles from Edenderry . Major Qrmsby returns his thanks to Captain Wakely , Lieutenants Houghton , Tyrrel , and Barlow , and to Lieutenants Rogers , of the Northumberland Fencibles . His detachment experienced only the loss
of two horses . ' DUELIN CASTLE , JULYI 6 . It having been reported that the mountains of Wicklow afforded a retreat to large bodies of Rebel fugitives , Lieutenant . General Lake received the Lord Lieutenant's directions to move different columns in various directions to clear that part of the country . He returned yesterday to Dublin , and reported , that he ' was not able to find any body whatever assembled in that district .
It appears , that on Monday last , those Rebels who had been in the mountains , passed over to the Bogof Allen ; and that on Wednesday a body ol about fifteen hundred attacked the town of Clonard , where they were repulsed ] with the loss of sixty men , by Colonel Blake , who marched against them from Mullingar , with about fifty Infantry and as many Yeomanry Cavalry . This body , after their defeat , moved towards Longwood , whence they were putsued on Thursday by a detachment under Brigadier General Meyrick , ahnosl
to Culmullin . About thirty were killed in the pursuit . A party of the Duke of York ' s Highlanders fell in with sixteen of them , mounted , the next morning , and killed all but one , whom they took prisoner . The main body ol the Rebels having reached Dunboyne on Thursday evening , proceeded nest day to the Hill at Garretsown , whither Major-General Myers , with a detach''ment of the Royal Buckinghamshire Militia , and of the Yeomanry Corps of Dublin , was ordered to pursue them . The Rebels , however , went off in the nig for the Boyne , and passed it . They were pursued by two ' divisions , under
Major-General Wemys and Brigadier-General Meyrick ; and their Cavalry having come up with them , the Rebels formed in a strong position in the roa « toArdee . ' As soon as the Sutherland Regiment , with the battalion gun . arrived , the Rebels fell into confusion , and broke in all directions . Genera Wemys then ordered the Cavalry and Yeomanry to attack , and followed with the Infantry , to support them . The Rebels fled into the Bog , where they were pursued by the Sutherland Highlanders , and a very considerable number wfl * killed , and a great quantify of pikes , pistols , swords , muskets , and two standards , were taken . Major-General Wemys states , that the troops behaved with very grt ?!