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Article HISTORY OF THE IRISH REBELLION . ← Page 7 of 11 →
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History Of The Irish Rebellion .
sentenced to death such as unfortunately were made prisoners , suffered a total defeat by the military under Sir Charles Asgill , who , at the head of eleven hundred regulars and yeomanry , routed the rebel forces , of which one thousand , including their chief , fell on the field of battle . The action was desperate , and would have done honour to a better cause ; but alas ! how often do we see men sacrifice to ignoranceprideand ambitionthat princile which is due only to
, , , p virtue . It was fought on the 26 th of June . This victory was of great importance . The enemy had in possession several pieces of ordnance , a number of pikes , & c . and had collected 970 head of cattle . At this period , among the rebel chiefs taken , tried by martial law , qnd hanged , were two men of great notoriety ; one , for the property
which he possessed , amounting to six thousand pounds per annum ; the other , for the active part he took in the rebellion , and the intrepidity that distinguished his conduct in it : the name of the former was Grogan Knox ; that of the latter , Bagenai Harvey , not long ago married to a young lady , whom he left in a state of distraction . Marquis Cornwallis , on his arrival in Ireland , was received with great respect ; even the disaffected beheld with complacency a man
whose mildness of character , and integrity of principles , were equalled , but not exceeded , by the possession of prudence and circumspection , important qualifications , and to none more necessary than to generals and statesmen . The regiments of militia in England that volunteered their services to his Majesty were sent , with all possible expedition , over to Ireland , and a re-inibrcement of twelve thousand men proved of essential
service . The yeomanry corps had sustained great fatigues , and , because they were most to be confided in , were called out upon every emergency . The English troops arrived at Wexford in a critical moment , and the sight of them gave rise to the most powerful passions of the human soul . Two hundred unhappy persons , devoted to the sanguinary vengeance of ferocious tygers in human shape , were conducted
to Wexford bridge , in order to be piked to death , and then thrown into the river . But the rebels being dislodged , had not time to glut themselves with human gore . A most affecting picture was exhibited to the deliverers of the innocent throng . Females were seen absorbed with melancholy , and venting their anguish in tears , others deliriously laughing , and more shrieking with joy . Extreme indeed must have been their sensations upon this sudden rescue from the tortures of a cruel death .
The rebels having suffered in almost every regular encounter with { he military , and being . driven from the town of Wexford , took refuge in the Bog of Allen , where the counties of Wexford , Carlow , and Wicklow united . There they established a chain of posts to a great extent ,-bat were jn no situation foroffensive operations . From the parts infested by them , it should seem that carnage and desolation were the rnain objects ofthe rebellion ; murder and devastation went hand in l ) ant | . To say nothing of the diabolical cruellies practised at W ? x-
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History Of The Irish Rebellion .
sentenced to death such as unfortunately were made prisoners , suffered a total defeat by the military under Sir Charles Asgill , who , at the head of eleven hundred regulars and yeomanry , routed the rebel forces , of which one thousand , including their chief , fell on the field of battle . The action was desperate , and would have done honour to a better cause ; but alas ! how often do we see men sacrifice to ignoranceprideand ambitionthat princile which is due only to
, , , p virtue . It was fought on the 26 th of June . This victory was of great importance . The enemy had in possession several pieces of ordnance , a number of pikes , & c . and had collected 970 head of cattle . At this period , among the rebel chiefs taken , tried by martial law , qnd hanged , were two men of great notoriety ; one , for the property
which he possessed , amounting to six thousand pounds per annum ; the other , for the active part he took in the rebellion , and the intrepidity that distinguished his conduct in it : the name of the former was Grogan Knox ; that of the latter , Bagenai Harvey , not long ago married to a young lady , whom he left in a state of distraction . Marquis Cornwallis , on his arrival in Ireland , was received with great respect ; even the disaffected beheld with complacency a man
whose mildness of character , and integrity of principles , were equalled , but not exceeded , by the possession of prudence and circumspection , important qualifications , and to none more necessary than to generals and statesmen . The regiments of militia in England that volunteered their services to his Majesty were sent , with all possible expedition , over to Ireland , and a re-inibrcement of twelve thousand men proved of essential
service . The yeomanry corps had sustained great fatigues , and , because they were most to be confided in , were called out upon every emergency . The English troops arrived at Wexford in a critical moment , and the sight of them gave rise to the most powerful passions of the human soul . Two hundred unhappy persons , devoted to the sanguinary vengeance of ferocious tygers in human shape , were conducted
to Wexford bridge , in order to be piked to death , and then thrown into the river . But the rebels being dislodged , had not time to glut themselves with human gore . A most affecting picture was exhibited to the deliverers of the innocent throng . Females were seen absorbed with melancholy , and venting their anguish in tears , others deliriously laughing , and more shrieking with joy . Extreme indeed must have been their sensations upon this sudden rescue from the tortures of a cruel death .
The rebels having suffered in almost every regular encounter with { he military , and being . driven from the town of Wexford , took refuge in the Bog of Allen , where the counties of Wexford , Carlow , and Wicklow united . There they established a chain of posts to a great extent ,-bat were jn no situation foroffensive operations . From the parts infested by them , it should seem that carnage and desolation were the rnain objects ofthe rebellion ; murder and devastation went hand in l ) ant | . To say nothing of the diabolical cruellies practised at W ? x-