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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
other insurgent chiefs , were taken prisoners , and soon after hanged . The Endymion , Phoenix , Glenmore , Melampus and Unicorn frigates , found in the harbour about fifty vessels which the enemy had possessed themselves of and destroyed all the boats on the coast , to prevent the escape of" the- Rebels . ' 23 . A numerous body of Rebels assembled in the county of Wicklow , for the purpose ,-as was supposed , of marching towards the capita ! -, and a considerable number of the Rebels , who had been driven from Wexford , rallied xinder the command of a priest of the name of Murphy in the county of Kilkenny .
A detachment of Sir Charles Asgill ' s arm ) -, defeated b y a party ofthe Rebels who had escaped from Wexford to the . county of" Kilkenny . The enemy , however , after havirg destroyed a village , were attacked b y a large military force , and compelled- to fly , with the loss of 400 men killed . 25 . The Paris papers announced that several of the ports of France had been shutagainst Amefican . ships . " . - Captain F . Arthur , a gentleman of considerable fortune , found guilty of treasonable at Limerick
practices , and sentenced to be transported for life and to pay a fine of 5000 I . A numerous body of Rebels attacked the village of Hacketstown , in the county , of Carlow , which was gallantly ' defended by the military . The enemy , after a desperate conflict of nine hours , in the midst of flames , the town having been set fire to , were forced to retire with great loss . In this action . Captain Hardy , of the Hacketstown Volunteers , lost his life : about oftlie killed and
thirty King ' s troops v ^ ere wounded . A proclamation issued in London , offering a reward of i , oool . for the apprehension of Bagenal Harvey , the late leader of the rebels at Wexford . Bagenal Harvey , Esq . the General of the Wexford Rebels ,, and some other gentlemen of fortune , apprehended in a cave in one of the Sal tee islands , and brought to Wexford , where , with Mr . Cornelius Grogan , a gentleman of 6000 I . a year estate , who had also been guilty of acts ot rebellion , they were executed on the 27 th , and their heads exhibited to public view . ¦
2 . 6 . Advice received at the Admiralty of' the capture of nine privateers , and the destruction of a tenth , by his Majesty ' s cruizers on the Leeward Island station : also of the capture of an armed Spanish bri g by one of the cruizers belonging to Lord St . Vincent ' s fleet . The Rebels , in the county of Kilkenny vigorously attacked by the army tinder the command of Sir Charles Asgiil , in their position on Kilconntl Hill , and defeated with the loss of s , ooo men killed , including their Chief ,
Father Murphy , ten pieces of cannon , two swivels , their colours , and quaiir titles of ammunition , arms , and cattle . The remainder cf tlie insurgents were pursued into the county of Wexford , where they dispersed in different directions ; and from this time the rebels in that quarter attempted no further resistance to the king's troops . Bills of indictment for high treason found b y the grand jury of Dublin against Messrs . Sheares , M'Cann , Byrne , Bond , Nielsen , and several other oersons .
a ? . The Earl of Besborough made a motion in the English House of Lords , deprecating the system of torture in Ireland , and recommending conciliatory measures in that country . A fine French privateer , of 18 guns , brought into Cork by the Shannon . La Sensible French frigate , having on board General D Hilliers , bound from Malta to France , captured in the Mediterranean by the Seahorse frigate , after a short action , in which the latter had one man killed and sixteen wounded , and the forner eighteen killed and fifty-three wounded . 1 Several hundreds of the SoUth Devon and Dorset regiments of militia refused to embark at Portsmouth for Ireland .
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
other insurgent chiefs , were taken prisoners , and soon after hanged . The Endymion , Phoenix , Glenmore , Melampus and Unicorn frigates , found in the harbour about fifty vessels which the enemy had possessed themselves of and destroyed all the boats on the coast , to prevent the escape of" the- Rebels . ' 23 . A numerous body of Rebels assembled in the county of Wicklow , for the purpose ,-as was supposed , of marching towards the capita ! -, and a considerable number of the Rebels , who had been driven from Wexford , rallied xinder the command of a priest of the name of Murphy in the county of Kilkenny .
A detachment of Sir Charles Asgill ' s arm ) -, defeated b y a party ofthe Rebels who had escaped from Wexford to the . county of" Kilkenny . The enemy , however , after havirg destroyed a village , were attacked b y a large military force , and compelled- to fly , with the loss of 400 men killed . 25 . The Paris papers announced that several of the ports of France had been shutagainst Amefican . ships . " . - Captain F . Arthur , a gentleman of considerable fortune , found guilty of treasonable at Limerick
practices , and sentenced to be transported for life and to pay a fine of 5000 I . A numerous body of Rebels attacked the village of Hacketstown , in the county , of Carlow , which was gallantly ' defended by the military . The enemy , after a desperate conflict of nine hours , in the midst of flames , the town having been set fire to , were forced to retire with great loss . In this action . Captain Hardy , of the Hacketstown Volunteers , lost his life : about oftlie killed and
thirty King ' s troops v ^ ere wounded . A proclamation issued in London , offering a reward of i , oool . for the apprehension of Bagenal Harvey , the late leader of the rebels at Wexford . Bagenal Harvey , Esq . the General of the Wexford Rebels ,, and some other gentlemen of fortune , apprehended in a cave in one of the Sal tee islands , and brought to Wexford , where , with Mr . Cornelius Grogan , a gentleman of 6000 I . a year estate , who had also been guilty of acts ot rebellion , they were executed on the 27 th , and their heads exhibited to public view . ¦
2 . 6 . Advice received at the Admiralty of' the capture of nine privateers , and the destruction of a tenth , by his Majesty ' s cruizers on the Leeward Island station : also of the capture of an armed Spanish bri g by one of the cruizers belonging to Lord St . Vincent ' s fleet . The Rebels , in the county of Kilkenny vigorously attacked by the army tinder the command of Sir Charles Asgiil , in their position on Kilconntl Hill , and defeated with the loss of s , ooo men killed , including their Chief ,
Father Murphy , ten pieces of cannon , two swivels , their colours , and quaiir titles of ammunition , arms , and cattle . The remainder cf tlie insurgents were pursued into the county of Wexford , where they dispersed in different directions ; and from this time the rebels in that quarter attempted no further resistance to the king's troops . Bills of indictment for high treason found b y the grand jury of Dublin against Messrs . Sheares , M'Cann , Byrne , Bond , Nielsen , and several other oersons .
a ? . The Earl of Besborough made a motion in the English House of Lords , deprecating the system of torture in Ireland , and recommending conciliatory measures in that country . A fine French privateer , of 18 guns , brought into Cork by the Shannon . La Sensible French frigate , having on board General D Hilliers , bound from Malta to France , captured in the Mediterranean by the Seahorse frigate , after a short action , in which the latter had one man killed and sixteen wounded , and the forner eighteen killed and fifty-three wounded . 1 Several hundreds of the SoUth Devon and Dorset regiments of militia refused to embark at Portsmouth for Ireland .