The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09

preparing 10 advance. when ne received
information that The French had aban-
doned their position and had marched
IN the direction of Foxford.
Humbert's position was critical; his
Irish auxiliaries, additional numbers of
whom had joined him since his victory,
could not be depended ou-vero. in
fact, utterly useless, some of them, IN
deed, never having seen 8 gun before.
He knew that at the slightest check
they would desert him; thew he'd q too
lively recollection OF the horrors of the
late rebellion Humbert lad. in short,
expected to receive more substantial
aid from the Irish; he lad also ex-
pected reinforcements firm France,
but noe saw that they coD.d not arrive
IN time to do him any good Neverthe-
less, he determined 10 do his duty. and
prolong the campaign IS fer as posi- Die.
He therefore abandoned Castelar, on
the 4th of September and turned north
east towards Foxford, with the intea-
ton OF reaching Sligo. where he had
faint hope his reinforce ments might
vet land. HUNT bert now found Huns #
followed by two bodies of troops. one
under Col. Crawford and another under
Gen. Lake. which hung upon and ha-
raised his rear. 4 thirl, under Gen.
Moore-afterwards Sir John-watcac1
him at a distance; while CcrpvalIis,
with the main army, marched parallel
with him towards Carrick-on- Shannon.
As II this were not enough, on reach
ing Colooney on the 5th. about forty
miles northeast from Castle bar, Hum
bert found himself confronted by a
fifth force, under Col Verrel5er, Of the
Limerick militia, with a force OF three
hundred and thirty men and two cur
ricle guns. A fierce and obstinate bat
tie ensued-this was indeed the only
real battle of the campaign-but after
lasting about an hour, Nerreker. find
ing himself overpowered by mum bers,
was compelled 70 retreat. with the loss
of his guns, to Sligo.
Although Humbe was victorious in
this encounter, it caused him TO change
his plans. He now marched towards
Manorh amilton by Drumpahair
abandoning eight Of his guns by the
way: but IN approaching the former
place suddenly turned TO the right. in
a southeasterly direction BY Drunken
in, and attempted 10 reach Granard. in
LOugford, where q rising had taken
place. His rear was now constantly
harassed by the enemy, and on the
9Th smart skirmish took place with
Crawford's advance guard, in which the
French were victorious. Hum bert now
crossed the Shannon at Bslliutra, bat
so closely followed that his rear guard
had no time to break the bridge. He
halted some hours at Cloone, 10 give
his wornout troops a brief rest. and
arrived next day, on the Sth, at Ball
inamuck.
The vicerey, crossing the Shannon
at Carrick, was meanwhile marching
on st. Johnstown. in order 10 get IN
front of Humbert on his way TO
Granard The drama was now draw
ing to its close. Completely surrounded
by an overwhelming force, Hum bert
saw that surrender was inevitable.
For the honor of France, however. he
determined to make ut least a formal
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 arms-the
whole force amounting to about eight
hundred and fifty, the rest having been
killed or wounded since the beglnuiuy
of the campaign. The entire British
force which surrounded Hum bert mum
bered about thirty thousand. or five
thousand more 1lan were employed
at Waterloo, or, in later days, at the
battle of the Alma
While the French received honorable
terms of surrender, the Irish auxi,-
iaries, in mum Der about fifteen hum
dred, were shot and hanged without
mercy, five hundred OF them being
killed in this way.
The closing scene of the drama was
the recapture of Kilala, which had re-
manned in possession OF the French, or
rather Of Irish insurgents under two or
three French officers 1t was not until
the 22nd OF Septembe that the royal
forces, twelve hundred strong. arrived
in Ballina, the Irish garrison fleeing at
its approach. The English advanced
on Kiuala in two columns, from the
north and the south The garrison
posted themselves on the Bsllina road,
bat 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 END Of August
10 the sth Of September, the French
had marched one hundred and thirty
miles. penetrating TO the very heart u
Ireland. and distant only sixty miles
IA q straight line from Dublin. and had
fought FIVE engagements, in al 81
which they had been victorious Why
a handful Of French troops should have
achieved such success was Eos 80 much
due. after all, TO their own prowess. as
20 the nature OF the forces opposed 20
them. These were mostly local militia,
quite unused 20 real war, ard some q
them disafected, and not inclined 10
fight very hard against those they go
cret.v regarded as their friend y is
related that uuu Der Of militia who
were pot down IS missing after the a.
fair Of Cast &c oar, had gone over 70 the
French. one q th~D. N beiug after
ward asked why he had done so. r.
Piled, that II = as not ~ - DO bad De-
serted. be. tic British army. who rad
run away and eft him behind - -
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