The times., 1897-12-26

royalists were attacked furiously, We're
as best they cott:d.
PeTn&n nent ampments " ere esta blished
at Vinegar HBl and ON the high ground ut
CaIriekbern-, where the geEeraIissim0. Ber't
champ Barnal Harvey, ssta ablished head
quarters. The brave army was sadly IN
need OF artillery and ammunition. T1e
RoyaIist army, at Corey, vas re-enforced
Wit. 1000 troops under Gen. Lotus and
also several thousand under Gen. WaIpu!e.
Both nnies moved against eacn other and
met uncN pectedIv at Tubberning- ten
WaIpole was Killed aud his force fled IN
gleat disorder. The Irish Captured ulne
cannon. two Ax-p0unders and another pig $e
otoidnance. TheIo:s in killed and wounded
of tie RoyaIiSts was considera bic, including
in:ny officers. Lotus corps and the dis
org nized division passed through Grey
and on To- ATkIow where they remained for
Council, then continued the retreat. many
flying to Dublin. LOTUS pulled Up ut
TCllCw.
Tie Iiish army captured Ross. wh re
previously a Capt. FurlonE, HarveY's aid,
Wit; u flag OF tIuCe. was shot b. the
CIangemen as soon d S he appeared in
II a. town the l',triOt army. many Of them,
indUI@ed III drinking. The defeated troops
IL lled, having received re-enfUrcements
and recaptured Ross. The Irish again It
;ackeG and drove the RnyaIists from he
place with great slaughter. Misconduct
again gave another opportunity 20 the
Tories, who beca me masters of the .own.
Sixteen leading Irish chiefs were killed in
lea ding their men. There were ten hours
of severe fighting. but the inSIrgen's
fe,rcatng bore Off several pieces of zap
tured cannon. -Four thousand men were
killed in both armies One OF the hOsIses
banned by the victors had the people 20
clcsels packed in it they were killed by :i.e
flames in UpIIsht positions. These Y ere
mostly native refugees subsequently,
on account OF the fearful retaliation at
Sl;liaboguc, Gen. Harvey Issued an Or,;eT
tia ANY person OF persons VINO shall
take upon them To kill or murder ahy
person or prisoner. burn any house 1r Onl-
NIT any plunder without special orders
iron tie commander in-chief shall suffer
dea th.''
a Guinea cutter was captured on the
Blackwater she had So.ne barrels OF
gunpowder, without which the United
Irish would have been destitute Gf that
article. But, wanting it, they fought
magniricently with the pike, great
weapon III the hands of strong hearted
men.
The arrival of Lord CORVALLIS to com
mand ell the Kings trohps III Ireland
was very unsatisfactory to the Orange
party. Au authority says: The small
est symptom of religious bigotry on the
part of the insurrectionists did not ap-
pear" ana the fair sex Were respected
by those even who Gid not hesitate to rob |
and nidrdar-
On account of the want Of powder the |
victory of the United Irish was abandoned !
at almost lie moment OF success, the Sth |
of June, 1T ArkIow-
Dublin was ia great disquiet Ficeroy |
CarIoen';. lacy and the principal Roy9list |
families fled t. England and the republi- |
can party was dominant. From Vinegar |
Hill enCampnent Gems. Roche and Dew
ercuX determined to march to the capture
,f the metropolis, June 20. They mad |
proceeded eleven miles when they encOun
tered the royal army, under Gems. Sir John
Moore and Lord Blaney near FOoS's Mill
rhe armies at once attacked with b.
stinacy and varied success, for seven
hours Lord Dalhousie came up win
e. endorsements to Moore, and the in
;urgents, la wing exhausted their afgnluni-
ton, cetired 10 Vinegar Hi and Three
Rocks position. The area of the BATH
was seven miles in extent, and from :he
latnrc of the ground the best part of the
?iEeuicn could not be used in the actiol
Thc British suppressed their loss; 1,600
Of the pctricts were killed and I5.any hun
lreds wounded. The Irish We're now
wv aitins he succor from France Lieut.
len. Lake, with Gems. Dundas, Wnfofd
Johnson, Eustace, Grace. and Lieut.. Gen.
Hunter, Gems Dundas, Sir James Duff and
.oftus; alsJ Gen. NeedlIar1, belGted sorae-
THAT, on the morning of June % cOncen-
r;-tec 10000 troops on Ennlscarthy and
Vinegar Hill, fortified cainps OF the
Insurgents, now sadly red1ced under the
cf Gems. Edward Fitzgerald, |
John Derereux, jr., and Garrett Byrne.
1esistancc for four hours, with great
ouraec and intrepidity vas in vain
against such Overwhelming odds. The