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History Of The Irish Rebellion .
the bridge ; but were pressed so hard by General Lake that they found it impossible to effect their purpose . They halted at Cloone , At ten of the night of the 7 th of September , Lord Cornwallis marched with his troops from Carrickto Mohill , and direfted General Lake to move forward at the same time to Cloone , distant about three miles from Mohill . On Lord Cornwallis arriving at Mohillsoon after day break , he
, . , found the enemy had began to move towards Grenard ; he proceeded , therefore , rapidly on to St . John ' s-town . General Lake arrived at Cloone on the morning of the Sth of September . Lieutenant-Colonel Crawford , under his command , on coming up with , summoned the French to surrender : but upon not being attended tohe attacked themupon which 200 French infantry threw down
, , their arms . Captains Packenham and General Cradock rode up to them . The enemy , however , immediately commenced a -fire of cannon and musquetry , by which General Cradock was wounded . General Lake then ordered up more troops , . and began the attack
upon the enemy ' s position . The action lasted about half an hour , when the remainder ofthe column making its appearance , the French surrendered at discretion . The rebels , who fled in all directions , suffered severely . Notwithstanding , however , this defeat and capture ofthe invaders , several parties of the rebels continued to annoy the peaceable inhabitants ; but were afterwards dispersed by the King ' s troops .
On the 21 st of August , Lord Castlereagh delivered to the House of Commons the long expected report of the Secret Committee . This discovered the full intentions of the rebels , and , beyond a doubt , manifested the guilt of Mr . A . O'Connor , -who , in conjunction with Dr . M'Nevin , Mr . Neilson , Lord E . Fitzgerald , had laid down a plan for the introduction of a republican system into Ireland , in which
an Executive Directory was already appointed . A Bill of Amnesty was passed in favour of such as should surrender aftd-re turn to their allegiance ; but this contained an exception of Napper Tandy , and certain other persons .
Toussaint L'Ouverture.
TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE .
CHARACTER OP THE CELEBRATED BLACK GENERAL ,
npHIS extraordinary man is a native of St . Domingo . He was born A a slave , and as such remained till the troubles in that island gave an opportunity for the display of his talents . His master , a considerable planter , took him while very young to France , where he remained some time ; and being a smart lad , attention was paid to his education , which is better than most negroes receive . But still he was onlv a negro slave , and returned to St . Domingo , where he lived
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
History Of The Irish Rebellion .
the bridge ; but were pressed so hard by General Lake that they found it impossible to effect their purpose . They halted at Cloone , At ten of the night of the 7 th of September , Lord Cornwallis marched with his troops from Carrickto Mohill , and direfted General Lake to move forward at the same time to Cloone , distant about three miles from Mohill . On Lord Cornwallis arriving at Mohillsoon after day break , he
, . , found the enemy had began to move towards Grenard ; he proceeded , therefore , rapidly on to St . John ' s-town . General Lake arrived at Cloone on the morning of the Sth of September . Lieutenant-Colonel Crawford , under his command , on coming up with , summoned the French to surrender : but upon not being attended tohe attacked themupon which 200 French infantry threw down
, , their arms . Captains Packenham and General Cradock rode up to them . The enemy , however , immediately commenced a -fire of cannon and musquetry , by which General Cradock was wounded . General Lake then ordered up more troops , . and began the attack
upon the enemy ' s position . The action lasted about half an hour , when the remainder ofthe column making its appearance , the French surrendered at discretion . The rebels , who fled in all directions , suffered severely . Notwithstanding , however , this defeat and capture ofthe invaders , several parties of the rebels continued to annoy the peaceable inhabitants ; but were afterwards dispersed by the King ' s troops .
On the 21 st of August , Lord Castlereagh delivered to the House of Commons the long expected report of the Secret Committee . This discovered the full intentions of the rebels , and , beyond a doubt , manifested the guilt of Mr . A . O'Connor , -who , in conjunction with Dr . M'Nevin , Mr . Neilson , Lord E . Fitzgerald , had laid down a plan for the introduction of a republican system into Ireland , in which
an Executive Directory was already appointed . A Bill of Amnesty was passed in favour of such as should surrender aftd-re turn to their allegiance ; but this contained an exception of Napper Tandy , and certain other persons .
Toussaint L'Ouverture.
TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE .
CHARACTER OP THE CELEBRATED BLACK GENERAL ,
npHIS extraordinary man is a native of St . Domingo . He was born A a slave , and as such remained till the troubles in that island gave an opportunity for the display of his talents . His master , a considerable planter , took him while very young to France , where he remained some time ; and being a smart lad , attention was paid to his education , which is better than most negroes receive . But still he was onlv a negro slave , and returned to St . Domingo , where he lived