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Article CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCES ← Page 16 of 34 →
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
. The rebels in the county of Armagh dispersed in several direaions , and many of them laid down their arms . From the influence of a Mr . M'Claverty , whom they had taken prisoner , 1500 of them broke their pikes , and -returned to their allegiance . The military defeated in various directions ; in the North of-Ireland , - -b y the rebels . The York Fencibles suffered severel y in one of these actions . _ Three French ships of tlie line chased b y a part of Lord Bridport ' s fleet into Brest harbourwhich b
, escaped y getting under the protection of the batteries . . , The Prince Adol phus homeward-bound Lisbon Packet captured by a French privateer . 10 . A numerous detachment of the Guards sent off in carriages , from St . James ' s Park , for Ireland . The Northern Insurgents obtained some farther advantages over the King's troops . - .
11 . The Rebels attacked the town of Portaferry , near Carrickfergus , but were repulsed with the loss of 40 men . . The Island of Malta captured b y the French force under the command of General Buonaparte , after a short resistance . 12 . A numerous army , under the command of General Nugent , -attacked the principal body of the Northern Insurgents , commanded by- a person of the name of Munro , near Ballynahhich , and , after a desperate conflict , succeeded
m dispersing them all over the country , with the loss of 400 men killed . Parts of . the towns of Saintfield near Ballyiiahinch , from the former of which the enemy had previously retreated , were immediately burned by the military . A party of the Wexford Rebels , under the command of Bagenal Harvey , attacked the town of Boris , on the confines of the county of Kilkenny , and had succeeded in destroying several houses , when- Sir Charles Asgill , with his army , came to its relief , and obli ged the enemy to retreat into the county of Wexford with some loss .
Dr . Esmond executed in Dublin for having assisted the Rebels in . their attack upon the town of Prosperous . Lord Henry Pauletf , Commander of his Majesty ' s ship Thalia , sentenced by a court martial to be dismissed his Majesty ' s service for publicly striking a Lieutenant of the same ship when in the execution of his office . 13- The Marquis of Cornwallis appointed Lieutenant-general and General Governor of Ireland , in the room of Earl Camden . Several
small vessels , collected b y the Wexford Rebels , at Fernard , destroyed b y some armed boats under the command of Lieutenant Hill . 14 . Mr . Sheridan moved an Address in the House of Commons to his Majesty , which , after stating the impolicy of the measures pursued by his Majesty ' sMinisters in Ireland , expressed an opinion that nothing but a total change of men and measures could prevent the otherwise certain alienation , if not the ^ otal separation , of that country from Great Britain . The question , after a long' deb ; it * ,:. . . was , nea ; atived without a division .
Buonaparte sailed from Malta , for Egypt , with the Toulon fleet . 15- The Duke of Leinster made a motion in the English House of Lords , recommending lenient measures to be adopted in Ireland , as the only means of rendering that country secure , or tranquil . Munro , one of the chiefs of the Northern Insurgents , taken by General Nugent , and executed . Several troops from England landed iu Dublin . _ ' J he remaining part of the Northern Insurgents defeated and dispersed in various directions ; many hundreds of them came in and delivered up their arms and then- leaders . Several villages destroyed by the military . 16 , A regiment of Scotch Fencibles refused tp go to Ireland .
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
. The rebels in the county of Armagh dispersed in several direaions , and many of them laid down their arms . From the influence of a Mr . M'Claverty , whom they had taken prisoner , 1500 of them broke their pikes , and -returned to their allegiance . The military defeated in various directions ; in the North of-Ireland , - -b y the rebels . The York Fencibles suffered severel y in one of these actions . _ Three French ships of tlie line chased b y a part of Lord Bridport ' s fleet into Brest harbourwhich b
, escaped y getting under the protection of the batteries . . , The Prince Adol phus homeward-bound Lisbon Packet captured by a French privateer . 10 . A numerous detachment of the Guards sent off in carriages , from St . James ' s Park , for Ireland . The Northern Insurgents obtained some farther advantages over the King's troops . - .
11 . The Rebels attacked the town of Portaferry , near Carrickfergus , but were repulsed with the loss of 40 men . . The Island of Malta captured b y the French force under the command of General Buonaparte , after a short resistance . 12 . A numerous army , under the command of General Nugent , -attacked the principal body of the Northern Insurgents , commanded by- a person of the name of Munro , near Ballynahhich , and , after a desperate conflict , succeeded
m dispersing them all over the country , with the loss of 400 men killed . Parts of . the towns of Saintfield near Ballyiiahinch , from the former of which the enemy had previously retreated , were immediately burned by the military . A party of the Wexford Rebels , under the command of Bagenal Harvey , attacked the town of Boris , on the confines of the county of Kilkenny , and had succeeded in destroying several houses , when- Sir Charles Asgill , with his army , came to its relief , and obli ged the enemy to retreat into the county of Wexford with some loss .
Dr . Esmond executed in Dublin for having assisted the Rebels in . their attack upon the town of Prosperous . Lord Henry Pauletf , Commander of his Majesty ' s ship Thalia , sentenced by a court martial to be dismissed his Majesty ' s service for publicly striking a Lieutenant of the same ship when in the execution of his office . 13- The Marquis of Cornwallis appointed Lieutenant-general and General Governor of Ireland , in the room of Earl Camden . Several
small vessels , collected b y the Wexford Rebels , at Fernard , destroyed b y some armed boats under the command of Lieutenant Hill . 14 . Mr . Sheridan moved an Address in the House of Commons to his Majesty , which , after stating the impolicy of the measures pursued by his Majesty ' sMinisters in Ireland , expressed an opinion that nothing but a total change of men and measures could prevent the otherwise certain alienation , if not the ^ otal separation , of that country from Great Britain . The question , after a long' deb ; it * ,:. . . was , nea ; atived without a division .
Buonaparte sailed from Malta , for Egypt , with the Toulon fleet . 15- The Duke of Leinster made a motion in the English House of Lords , recommending lenient measures to be adopted in Ireland , as the only means of rendering that country secure , or tranquil . Munro , one of the chiefs of the Northern Insurgents , taken by General Nugent , and executed . Several troops from England landed iu Dublin . _ ' J he remaining part of the Northern Insurgents defeated and dispersed in various directions ; many hundreds of them came in and delivered up their arms and then- leaders . Several villages destroyed by the military . 16 , A regiment of Scotch Fencibles refused tp go to Ireland .