The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-23

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bcrS, ni;h tae ltisHai9 design. Il WIS
Isald, 81 5iniaSihe Hncnch and insfeas
Hing Oh nWblin On eacsig.aM news af
the dcfe&t At cassiclaf t0seW4suf
hastcDcl " loreea inagsties Il, The is.
ree,ion of that to{ya iiearFiyA,ss Un
the All Of SefitcmlpsF IA sial,s taOant.
fourteen miles from Caa,leime, ana was
preparing 20 advance. when h, received
Information that The French hal nh8n.
doncd their position and had narehed
In the direction ~ FoxforA
Hunbers's position was critsss his
Irish auxiliaries, additional numbers u
whom had joined hisn sisea his victory
could not be depended ON were. III
fact, utterly useless. some OF them, in.
deed, never having seen gun before.
He knew that at the slightest check
they would desert him; thcy had too
lively recollection 81 the horrors 81 Tie
late rebellion. llumhert had IN short,
expected TO receive more substantial
pected rcinforcements from France,
but now saw that they could not arrive
IN time 10 do him any good Ncycrthc-
less, he determined to do his duty, and
prolong the campaign as far rs possible.
lie therefore abandoned Casilebar on
the 4th Of Scptcmberand turned north
east towards Foxfurd with the inten.
tion Of reaching Sligo where he Ind il
faint hope his rcinforccmcnts might
yet land lIumbert now found himself
followed by two bodies Of troops, ono
under Col. Crawford and another under
Gen. Lake, which hung upon and ha-
rassed his rear A third, under Con.
Moore afterwards Sir John watched
him at d distance; while CORVALLIS,
with the main army, marched parallel
with him towards Carrick shannon,
As II this were. not enough, On reach
ing Colooney on the 9Th. about forty
miles northeast from Castlebar, lIum-
bert found himself confronted by a
| fifth force, under Col. Verrelser, Of the
limerick militia, with force Of three
hundred and thirty men and two eur-
ricle guns A fierce and obstinate bat
tie ensued-this was indeed the only
real battle Of the campaign but after
lasting about mn hour, Ncrrelxer. find-
ing himself overpowered by numbers,
Twas compelled TO retreat, with the loss
Of his guns, to Sligo
/ Although iumbcrt was victorious In
this encounter. il caused him to change
his plans. lie now marched towards
Manorhamilton by Drumnahair,
abandoning eight Of his guns by iho
way: but in approaching the former
place suddenly turned 70 the right. IN
q southeastorly direction 81 Drunlser-
In, and attempted TO roach Granarl. Iii
Longford, where rising had tuIfen
lplacc Ills rear was now constantly
/ harassed by the enemy, and on tho
Ttha smart slrirnish took place with
crawford's advance guard, IN which the
French were victorious. IlHmbert now
crossed the Shannon ut Rallinfrl, hut
so closely followed that Ills rear Hunt4i
had no time to break the bridge He
halted some hours Mt Cloone, To rive
bis vermont troops n brief rest. and
ARRIVED next day, on the sth, at hall
lnamucls.
The viceroy, crossing the shannon
at CarriclS. was meanwhile marching
on ST. JohnstowHA in order 10 ret III
front Of lIumhcrt on hts way to
Granard The drama was now draw.
Ing otis close. Completely surrounded
by an overwhelming force. Ilumbcrf
saw that surrender was inevitable.
For the honor Of France, however. he
determined To make at least a formal
resistance; he therefore disposed his
forces in order Of battle and awaited
the attack His rear guard was ut
Tackled by Crawford, and, being over
powered, surrendered; and the rcmuiIi-
der. after resisting Gen. Lake fer half
an boar. laid down their arms--the
whole force amounting To about eight
hundred and fifty, the rest having been
killed or wounded since tho beginning
Of the campaign. The entire British
force which surrounded Iluinbert mum
bcrcd about thirty thousand, or FIVE
thousa nd more than were employed
at Waterloo, or, in later days, at the
battle Of the Alma
While the French received honorable
terms of surrender. the Irish ;snxil-
tiaFies, In number about fifteen hun
dred, were shot and hanged without
mercy, five hundred Of them being
killed in this why.
I The closing scene Of the drama was
the recapturc Of Killaln, which had re-
manned in possession OF tho French, or
rather Of Irish insurgents under two or
three French officers. III was not until
the 22nd of September that the @royal
forces. twelve hundred strong. arrived
ia Ballinn, the Irish garrison neGing it
its approach The English advanced
On Killala In two columns, from the
north and the south The garrison
posted themselves on the Ballina road
but were lspeedily overcome, and fed
through Killala. pursued by the cav
airy, Al 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 Iasted from the 22nd Of August
to the sth Of September, the French
had marched one hundred and thirty
miles. penetrating to the very heart 81
Ireland, and distant only sixty miles
4 in q straight line from Dublin, and had
fought five engagements, in all Of
which they had been victorious Why
handful Of French troops should have
achieved such success was not 50 much
due after all, to their own prowess, as
to the nature Of the forces opposed to
them. These were mostly local militia.
Il quite unused to real war, and some 81
them disaffectcd. and not inclined to
fightyery hard against those they Sc
cretly regarded as their friends it Is
related that number OF militia who
were pnt down as missing after the az