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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
A member of a corps of yeomen cavalry executed at Waterford , for having been concerned in a plot which had been discovered a few days before . Several more gentlemen arrested in Dublin on charges of high treason . 17 . The Insurgents in the county of Westmeath attacked the town of Kilbeggar , but were repulsed with some loss . Official advice received in Dublin , that the Northern Insurgents had not re-assembled , and that they were daily delivering up their anus . Lord O'Neil died at Shane's Castle , in the North of Ireland , in consequence ofthe wound of a pike , which he received in the action between the King's troops and the Rebels , at Antrim , on the 7 th .
Several members of the merchants corps of yeomen , at Waterford , expelled , - on suspicion of being United Irishmen . # ' ¦ 18 . The detachments from the three regiments of Guards arrived in the harbour of Waterford from Portsmouth . Another change of men and measures took place at the Hague , _ and several members of the old government and legislature arrested by a military force , on a charge of wishing to effect a counter-revolution . in the of Kildare and the
The Rebels re-assembled in great force county on Bog of Allen . An insurrection broke out in the vicinity of Clonakelly , Cork . The military attacked the insurgents with great spirit , and , after a sharpcontest , succeeded in routing them . with some loss . Symptoms of rebellion also manifested themselves in different parts of the same county . . . 19 A bill brought into Parliament to enable his Majesty to accept the
. offer of several militia regiments to serve in Ireland . The military defeated a detachment of Rebels , at Ovidstown hill , near Hortiand . , . A party ofthe insurgents attacked and defeated at Carnew near Carlow : also in various parts of the county of Kildare ; and the town of Gorey retaken from the enemy . The Rebels had previously injured several villages , in that county .
20 . The House of Commons cleared of strangers in consequence of a strong expression made use of by Mr . Jekyll , relative to the principle of the Irish ; insurrection . The Marquis Cornwallis arrived in Dublin , and was sworn into the office , of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , in the room of Lord Camden , who shortly after took his departure for England . A numerous detachment of the Wexford Rebels defeated by General
Moore , in the neighbourhood of Taghmon . A party of Rebels defeated by Sir Charles Asgill , on the confines of the ,-county of Kilkenny . The Rebels again defeated in the counties of Kildare and Cork . si . The Rebel camp , at Vinegar Hill , in the county of Wexford , attacked in all directions by a formidable army , under the command of General Lake , and carried , after an obstinate resistance of an hour and an half . The loss of the enemy on this occasion was very great , and they left behind them on th . e . feld of battle , thirteen pieces of cannon , including three which they , had " taken some time before from bis Majesty ' s forces . : '• : ' .
22 . Lord George Cavendish made a motion in the House o . Commons ,, recommending to his Majesty the adoption of conciliatory measures in Ireland , as the only means of saving that country to the British crown ; which , after a long debate , in which Mr . Fox . took a part , was negatived by a , greatmajority . The Rebels evacuated the city of Wexford , of which p lace the King ' s , ' troops- immediately repossessed themselves . Roach , Keogh , Hay , and some VOL . XI . ' 3 T - ' •'¦"'' ' :
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
A member of a corps of yeomen cavalry executed at Waterford , for having been concerned in a plot which had been discovered a few days before . Several more gentlemen arrested in Dublin on charges of high treason . 17 . The Insurgents in the county of Westmeath attacked the town of Kilbeggar , but were repulsed with some loss . Official advice received in Dublin , that the Northern Insurgents had not re-assembled , and that they were daily delivering up their anus . Lord O'Neil died at Shane's Castle , in the North of Ireland , in consequence ofthe wound of a pike , which he received in the action between the King's troops and the Rebels , at Antrim , on the 7 th .
Several members of the merchants corps of yeomen , at Waterford , expelled , - on suspicion of being United Irishmen . # ' ¦ 18 . The detachments from the three regiments of Guards arrived in the harbour of Waterford from Portsmouth . Another change of men and measures took place at the Hague , _ and several members of the old government and legislature arrested by a military force , on a charge of wishing to effect a counter-revolution . in the of Kildare and the
The Rebels re-assembled in great force county on Bog of Allen . An insurrection broke out in the vicinity of Clonakelly , Cork . The military attacked the insurgents with great spirit , and , after a sharpcontest , succeeded in routing them . with some loss . Symptoms of rebellion also manifested themselves in different parts of the same county . . . 19 A bill brought into Parliament to enable his Majesty to accept the
. offer of several militia regiments to serve in Ireland . The military defeated a detachment of Rebels , at Ovidstown hill , near Hortiand . , . A party ofthe insurgents attacked and defeated at Carnew near Carlow : also in various parts of the county of Kildare ; and the town of Gorey retaken from the enemy . The Rebels had previously injured several villages , in that county .
20 . The House of Commons cleared of strangers in consequence of a strong expression made use of by Mr . Jekyll , relative to the principle of the Irish ; insurrection . The Marquis Cornwallis arrived in Dublin , and was sworn into the office , of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , in the room of Lord Camden , who shortly after took his departure for England . A numerous detachment of the Wexford Rebels defeated by General
Moore , in the neighbourhood of Taghmon . A party of Rebels defeated by Sir Charles Asgill , on the confines of the ,-county of Kilkenny . The Rebels again defeated in the counties of Kildare and Cork . si . The Rebel camp , at Vinegar Hill , in the county of Wexford , attacked in all directions by a formidable army , under the command of General Lake , and carried , after an obstinate resistance of an hour and an half . The loss of the enemy on this occasion was very great , and they left behind them on th . e . feld of battle , thirteen pieces of cannon , including three which they , had " taken some time before from bis Majesty ' s forces . : '• : ' .
22 . Lord George Cavendish made a motion in the House o . Commons ,, recommending to his Majesty the adoption of conciliatory measures in Ireland , as the only means of saving that country to the British crown ; which , after a long debate , in which Mr . Fox . took a part , was negatived by a , greatmajority . The Rebels evacuated the city of Wexford , of which p lace the King ' s , ' troops- immediately repossessed themselves . Roach , Keogh , Hay , and some VOL . XI . ' 3 T - ' •'¦"'' ' :