Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-19

vas happy thought. The attack was led
by the whole body of Irish insurgents,
who quickly burst in the enemy''s out
posts, and elated at their success dashed
for the British guns. At fifty yards the
cannon opened, u swath was cut through
the column Of unsuspecting assailants, and
to be brief, the "rebels" were out of the
| fight for the rest of it. Then up marched
Sarrazin's grenadiers with tread as
firm as though the gaping cannon were
but toy limitations. On they went with
fixed bayonets, to be treated as their un-
fortunate allies had been, and like them to
disappear. But not for good. A third
] attack was made with equal i'll success.
Seeing that the British did not follow up
their fortunes Humbert took hope and or
I!dered an assault along the whole front,
spreading his men to cover the ground so
that he had but one thin line, in all about
800 bayonets. The British were so astounded
at the spectacle that they began firing az
lat game, every one for himself At the op-
perfume moment Sarrazin ordered double
quick and his men, by an impetuous rush
and with wild war cry, gained cover in
close range of the British lines and began a
deadly fire on the artillery. Suddenly all
gave way, the infantry fled, the artillery
was deserted, the invincible British horse
ignored the programme Lake had cut out
for them and rode pellmell to the rear,
manning far more of their own people than
they had met of the enemy in honest battle.
A bridge leading to Castlebar and the
streets of the town were stubbornly defend
ed by the British, but the fury of the
French knew no bounds, and they swept
the field, compelling Lake to flee for his
life.
With difficulty Humbert prevented
massacre by his Irish allies in revenge for
atrocities previously done by Lake and his
followers. TO conciliate the people, Hum
bert proclaimed a republic in the province
OF Connaught, wasting valuable time in
organizing government, and then headed
for Dublin. On the route lay the fortified
post of Granard and vast army of insur-
gents in the provinces roundabout were
banded together to join him the moment
Granard fell. But learning that Lord
CORVALLIS awaited him on the path with
large force, Humbert set out on Sept. 8
to make a detour through Sligo and Lei
trim and avoid his opponents for the mo-
ment
On the Sth of September he was brought
to bay within days march of the goal by
LAKE reorSaHlZett army, COrnWalllS DelnS
at hand with another strong column. The
French saw the hopelessness of their case,
but Humbert again preferred honor to life
and ordered an attack At the moment Of
collision Gen. Sarrazin caused his division
to ground arms and submit. Humbert, in
q fit of anger at this treachery, commanded
a double quick charge, and threw himself,
sword in hand, into the midst of the British
Dragons A terrible battle ensued, French
and Irish yielding only with death. Hum
bert was ove-powered and taken before
Corvallis The gallant Frenchman was
soon allowed to return to France, and,
after fighting in Napoleon's Austrian wars,
was sent to Hayti to suppress the negro
rebellion. On the death Of the French COM
mander there, Gen. Leclerc, Humbert
made love to his widow, Napoleon's beauti-
full sister. Pauline, and for this presump-
tion - he was Of plebeian origin - the
naughty emperor exiled him in Brittany.
He subsequently escaped to America and
led Creole detachment in Gen. Jackson's
army At the battle of New Orleans, Jan.
g. 1915, he helped defeat the very same men
who had destroyed his daring little band
in 179S GEORGE l.. KILMER