The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-25
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the new republic the viceroy was be-
Coming alive 70 the gravity of tho situ-
atiau The malcontents. encouraged
hY tic s,icresses % the French, were
threatening - assemble IN large NUM-
lrfs, with the ultimate design, II was
Said 81 joining the French aud march
ing Oh ihabEin On receiving news Of
the defeat at Castlehar CORVALLIS
hassenel IN forced marches In the d.
recticu II that town lie arrived on
the 4sh Of Scpt@mbcr at Holiymount.
fourteen miles frSsn Castlcbar. and was
preparing 10 advanee, when he received
information that shc French had aban-
doncd their position and had marched
ID tie direction Of Foxford
iiumhcrt's position was critical, his
Irish anxiiiaries additional numbers Of
Whom had Joined him since has victory,
estsilt nS,t l,c depended an~ were, In
faes, nttcelv useless. some Of them. In
slee.l. never having seen a gun before.
lie knaw that Ut the slightest check
they wopid desert him; they had a too
lively recollection % the horrors Of the
late rebellion ilnmbcrt had. in short.
aia from. the Irish; he Ind also cx-
feetetl rcinforccmcnts from France,
hut npw saw that they could not arrive
il time 70 DO him any good. Neverthe-
hess, he determined to do his duty, and
pralefng thu campaign as far as possible.
lie therefore abandoned Castlebar on
the all Of September aud turned north
enat towards Foxford, with the inten-
tinn OF reaching Sligo, where he had a
faint hope his endorsements might
yet land llnmlert now found himself
followed by two bodies Of troops, one
under Col Crawford and another under
Gen. Like, which hung upon and hn-
rassed his rear A third, under Gen.
Moore afterwards Sir John watched
him al distance; while CORVALLIS.
with the main army, marched parallel
with him towards Carr iels-on. shannon.
Al II this wore not enough, on reach
ing colooney on the 9th. about forty
miles northeast from stlehar, Hum
bert found himself confronted by =
NTH force, under Col Verrelter, Of the
limerick militia, with force Of three
hundred md thirty men and two cur
ricle guns. A fierce and obstinate bat
sle .,,sr,siled..-this was indeed the only
real battle Of the campaign but after
lasting about an hour, Verreker, find
Ing himself overpowered BY numbers,
wins compelled to retreat with the loss
of his guns, TO Sligo.
Although Humbcrt was victorious in
this encounter, II caused him 10 change
his plans. lie now marched towards
Mnnorhamilton by Drumnahair,
abandoning eight Of his guns by the
way but III approaching the former
place suddenly turned to.tha right, In
q southeasterly direction BY Drunler-
III, and attempted 10 roach Hrnnnrd. III
I.ongford, where n rising had taken
place. Ills rear was now constantly
hnrnssed by the enemy, md on the
7tIl smart sltirmish took place with
Cfawford's advance guard, In which the
French were victorious Hnmbert now
crossed the Shannon ut Ballfntrn, but
so closely followed that his rear guard
had no time To break the bridge. He
halted some hours at Cloone, 10 give
his vermont troops brief rest, and
arrived next day, on the 9Th. at BALI
inamuck.
The viceroy, crossing the shannon
at Carrick, WINS meanwhile marching
on ST. Johnstown. in order TO get In
front 81 llumbert on his way TO
urnnard The drama was now draw
ing its close. Completely surrounded
by an overwhelming force, Hufnbert
saw that surrender was inevitable.
For the honor 81 France, however, he
determined 10 make at least formal
rcsistancc lie therefore disposed his
forces insordcr Of battle and awaited
the nttaciS His rear guard wns at-
tackled liy Crawford, and. Icing over
powered, surrendered; and the remain
dor. after rcsiating Cen Lake for half
IN hour. laid down their nrms-tho
whole force amounting 70 about eight
hundred and fifty, the rest having been
KILLED Or wounded since the beginning
81 the campaign. The entire british
force which surrounded llnmbert NUM-
Hhcred about thirty thousand or five
th0usand more than were employed
al Waterloo. or in later days. at the
battle 81 the Alma
While tile French received honorable
terms 81 surrender, the Irish auxil-
iaries, Ia number about fifteen hum
drcd, were shot and hanged without
mercy, five hundred ~ them being
killed ii this WY.
The closing scene Of the drama was
the rce4ptnrc u Killala, which had re-
manned IL possession Of the French, or
rather ~ I3sish insurgents under two or
three Ffetf4sh officers Il was not until
the gantIef September that the royal
forces, twelve hundred strong, arrived
III I}aIlina, the Irish garrison tleeing at
It's approach The English advanced
ia kiliala III two columns, from the
Inorti and The south. Tho 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 tho town
they we're intercepted by the second
column. and about four hundred of the
unfortupates were killed
Ia this extraordinary campaign,
which lasted from the 22nd Of 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
lin a straight limo from Dublin, and had
fought Eve engagements, in all Of
which they had been victorious. Why
handful Of French troops should have
llnchieved 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.