The Irish standard., 1897-06-05
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Monro declared them to be his brothers
squadron, and became confident Of sue
cess. But few minutes sufaced to- I'M
deceive him They. we're .. the detach-
naents under Colonies Bernard MaeMa-
hon and Patrick MacNeney returning
from Dungannon after having driven
George Monro back upon his route
The Scotch musketeers, continued for
some time to gS:1 ground along the
banks of the Oonagh, and threatene@
Ovens left till the light cavalry of the
Irish broke in among. them. sahred
many, drove the rest@acEoss the stream.
and returned without any. loss. The, bat
tie now became general. The Scotch
cannon. posted on a slope. annoyed
O'Neill's center, and there seemed some
danger of Monro's, manoeuvering to"the
west sufficiently to. communicates with
George Monro's corps. Owen, therefore.
decided on general attack, keeping
only Rory Maguire's regiment on re-
serve. His foot moved on in steady col
umns, and his horse in the spaces be-
tween the FIRST and second charge of his
masses. In vain did Monro's cavalry
charge this determined infantry; 1t
threw back from it's face squadron after
Md ncf0
and evenly advancing In vain did Lord
Blaney take pike in hand and stand in
the ranks. Though exposed to the play
of Monro's guns and musketry the Irish
infantry charged uphill without firing a
shot, and closed with sabrr and pike.
They met gallant resistance. Blaney
and his men held their ground long, till
the superior vivacity and freshness OF
the Irish clansmen bore him down..
An attempt was made with the col
umns of the rear line to regain the
ground, but from the confined space in
which they were drawn up, the attempt
to manoeuvre them only produced dis
order, and just at this moment, to COM
plete their ruin, O'Neill's cavalry, wheel
ing by the tanks of his columns,
charged the Scotch cavalry and drove
them pell NELL upon the shaken and con-
fused infantry. A total rout followed.
Monro, Lord Conway, Capt Burke, and
forty horsemen escaped across the
Blackwater, but most of the foot were
cut to pieces or drowned in the river;
3,423 of the enemy were found on the
battlefield, and Lord Montgomery, with
81 officers and $50 men, were taken pris-
oners. O'Neill lost 20 killed {inciuding
Colonel Manus, MaeNeill and Carve
O'Donnell,) and 200 wounded (including
Lieut.-Col. O'Farrell and Phelim Mac
Tuohill O'Neill). He took all the Scotch
artillery, twenty stand Of colors, and all
the arms of Sir James Montgomery,
whose regiment, being on Monro's ex-
IRENE right, effected it's retreat in some
order; 1850 draft horses and two
months provisions were also taken, but
unfortunately Monro's ammunition blew
up shortly after the battle was won.
Monro fled without coat or wig to Lis
burn. Moving from thence, he COM
manded every household to furnish two
musketeers; he wrote an apologize
and deceptious dispatch to the Irish
committee in London, burned Dundrum,
and deserted most of Down. But all his
efforts would have been in vain, for
O'Neill, having increased his army by
Scotch deserters and fresh 1evies, to 49,
600 foot and Fl troops of horse, was in
the very act of breaking in on him with
certainty of expelling the last invader
from Ulster, when the fatal command u
the Nuncio reached Owen at Tanderagea
ordering him to march southwar.1s.
O'Neill, in an unhappy hour, obeyed ~
Nuncio, abandoned the fruits Of his
splendid v,tory, and marched to XIII:
kenny.