The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-03-31
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looming alive 70 the gravity II the sitn.
ati9n- The malcontenia. encourages
By the successes q tts French. we're
threatening - e<semble il large nun.
bcrN with the ultimate deeign. Il was
said, Of fgining The Preach and march
ling On Dublin. on receiving news 81
lthe defeat ct Castelar, CORVALLIS
FASTENED ~ forced marches Is the a.
rection CT that town. lie arrived on
tile zsh 81 September AZ i0llymount.
fourteen miles from Castelar,. and was
preparing to advance. when he received
nj riaation that The French had abau-
doncf their position aud bad marched
II the direction 81 Foxford
EIninbert's position vas critical; his
IrI.h auxiIiaries, additional numbers 81
whom had joined him since his VICTORY,
could not be depended on were. ii
fact, utterly useless. Some III them, hi
deed, never having seen gun before
lie knew that az the slightest check
they would desert him; they had s too
lively recollection 81 the horrors ~ the
late rebellion. IIumbert had, IA short,
expected 10 receive more Substantial
MD from tho Irish: he had also ex-
peeted reinforcements from France.
saat pew saw that they could not arrive
IL time 70 DO him any good. NerertiIe-
less, he determined to do his duty, and
prolong the campaign as far a. possible
He therefore abandoned Castiebar on
the 9Th Of September and tnrned north
east towards F0xford, with the fnten-
tion Of reaching Sligo. whore he had a
faint hope his reinforcements might
yet land. Hnmbert now found himself
followed by two bodies Of troops, one
ander Col. Crawford and another under
Gen. Lake, which hung upon and ha-
rassed his rear A third, under Cen
Moore afterwards Sir John watched
him ct distance; while CORVALLIS,
with the main army, marched parallel
with him towards Carricst-on- shannon.
As il this were not enough, on reach
ing colooney on the STU. about forty
miles northeast from Castlebar, Hum
bert found himself confronted by a
fifth force, under Col Verreker, Of the
limerick militia, with force OF three
hundred and thirty mon and two cur
ricle guns. A fierce and obstinate bat
lie ensucd-this was indeed the only
real battle Of the campaign but after
lasting about an hour, Verreker. find
ing himself overpnwered by numbers,
was compelled to retreat. with the loss
~ Ills guns, 70 Sligo
Although Humbert was victorious In
this encounter. 1t caused him to change
his plans. lie now marched towards
IL \ 4. 1.
abandoning eight Of his guns by the
way: but in approaching the former
place suddenly turned TO the right. in
q southeasterly direction by Drunken
in. and attempted to reach Granard. iii
Longford, where q rising had taken
place. Ills rear was now constantly
harassed by the enemy, and on the
7tha smart slkirmish took place with
Grawford's advance guard, ia which the
French were victorious. Humbert now
crossed the shannon ut Ballintra, but
so closely followed that his rear guard
had no time to break the bridge He
halted some hours at Cloone, TO give
his wornout troops brief rest, and
arrived next day, on the sth, at Ball
inamuck.
The viceroy, crossing the Shannon
at Carricls, was meanwhile marching
on 81. Johnstown, in order to ret Ia
front Of Iiunbcrt on his way to
Granard The drama was now draw
ing toits close. Completely surrounded
By an overwhelming force, Iinmbcrt
saw that surrender was inevitable.
For the honor Of Franco, however he
5saNs a 4. 49,
resistance he therefore disposed his
forces in order Of battle and awaited
the attack. His rear guard was at
tackled BY Crawford, and, being over
powered, surrendered; and the remain
der, after resisting Gen Lake for half
an hour. laid down their nrms--the
whole force amounting to about eight
hundred and fifty, the rest having been
killed or wounded since the beginning
of the campaign. The entire British
force which surrounded Ilumbert num-
bercd about thirty thousand, or ave
thousa nd more than We're employed
at Waterloo, or, in later days, at the
battle of the Alma
While the French received honorable
terms Of surrender. the Irish auxil.
iaries, in number about fifteen hun
dred, were shot and hanged without
mercy, Eve hundred Of them being
killed in this way
The closing scene of the drama was
the recapture Of Killala, which had re-
manned in possession Of the French, or
rather Of Irish insurgents under two or
three French officers. ItAwas not until
the 22nd Of September that the royal
forces, twelve hundred strong, arrived
in Ballina, the Irish garrison fleeing al
its approach. Tho English advanced
On Ki.lala In two columns, from the
nofth and the south The garrison
posted themselves on the Ballina road,
but were speedily overcome, and fed
through Killala, pursued By the cav
airy. At the other end OF the town
they were intercepted by the second
column and about four hundred Of the
unfortunates were killed.
In this extraordinary campaign,
which lasted from the 22nd 81 August
10 the sth Of September, the French
had marched one hundred and thirty
miles. penetrating to the very heart Of
Ireland, and distant only sixty miles
In straight line from Dublin, and had
fought Eve. engagements, Ia all Of
which they had been victorious Why
d hapdful Of French troops should have
achieved snch success was not 50 much
due, after all, to their own proves, as
ID the nature Of the forces opposed to
them These were mostly local militia,
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