The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-08-21

seat of DunganAon, and led on by
his mortal enemy, And o'Neil would
not have that host weakened by the
desertion of siSFle man, nor COM
manded-no. snotSfor his white wand
of chieftaincy-t any leader but
his dearest foe.
"The tenth. morning of August rose
bright and serene supon the towers Of
Armagh and the asver water of Avon
more. Before day dawned the Eng
lish army left thg city in three divi-
sions, and at sunffse they were Wind
ing through the aails and wood. be.
hind the spot where now stands the
little church 81 afahse. 90, "a
1.-THE sun. was glancing on the cors.
lets and spears ofstheir glittering cav
airy, their bannerssw.ved proudly and
their bugles rangFelear in the morn
ing air, when. Suddenly. from the
thickets on both sides of their path,
deadly volley Of musketry swept
through the foremost ranks. o'Neill
had stationed here 500 light armed
troops to guard the deflles, and in the
shelter Of thisk.sroves of tir. trees
they had silently waited for the enemy.
Now they poured in their shot,
volley after volleN and killed great
numbers of. the English; but the first
division. led. by Bagnal in person,
after some hard fighting, carried the
pass, dislodged the marksmen from
their position, and drove them back.
ward into the plain. Tn" center 1ivi-
sion. under Cosby and Wingfeld, and
the rear guard, led by Cuin and Bill-.
ing, supported I'm flank by the cavalry
under Brooke, Montacute and Fleming,
now pushed forward, speedily cleared
the ,dtnicult country, and formed in tho
open gropnd in front of the irish lines.
1T was not, ,quitss safe says All irish
chronicler !. Qn- adsniration Of Bagnars
disposition. OF, his Sforces) to attack the
nest Of krEifany f4nd dsR! 1T lions ~. n.
which were placed H. soldiers of Lon
dom Bagnal, at the head Of his first
Sdivision, and aided by al body of cav
airy, charged the Irish light armed
troops. up to the very intrenchments, in
front Of which o'NeiIl's foresight had
prepared some pits, covered over with
wattles and grass and many OF the
English cavalry. rushing inpetuously
forward. rolled headong, both men and
horses, into these trenches, and perish :
ed. Still the marshaFs chosen troops
with loud cheers and shouts Of st.
George for merry England" resolutely
attacked the intrenchments that
stretched across the pass, battered
them with cannon, and in one place
succeeded, though with loss, in forcing
back their defenders. Then first the
main body Of O'Neill's troops was
brought into action, and with bagpipes
sounding a charge, they fell upon the
English, shouting their fierce battle
cries Lamb dhearg!', and tO'Donnell
aboo! ONeill himself, at the head Of a
body of horse. pricked forward to seek
out Bagnal amid the throng Of battle.
but they never met; the marshal, who
had done his devoir that day like a good
soldierwas shot through the brain by
some unknown marksman. The divi-
sion he had led was forced back by
the furious onslaught of the Irish, and
put to utter rout; and, what added to
their confusion. cart Of gunpowder
exploded amid the English ranks and
blew many of their men to atoms. And
now the cavalry OF Tyrconnel and Ty-
rowen dashed into the plain and bore
down the remnant Of Brooke's and
Flemings horse; the columns of Wing
field and Cosby reeled before their
rushing charge--while in 'front.' to the
warcry of 'Batailah-aboo!' the swords
and axes of the heavy armed gallow-
glasses were raging among the Saxon
ranks. BY this time the cannon were all
iaken; the cries Of St. George! nau
failed or turned into death shrieks;
and once more England's royal STAN
dard sunk before the Red Hand Of
Tyrowen."
Twelve thousand gold pieces, thirty
four standards, and all the artillery
of the vanquished army were taken,
Nearly 5000 dead were left by the
English on the field. 4 he splendid. army
of the plain was in fact annihilated.
Beal-an- -atha -buidhe was a deliberate
engagement, formidable pitched bat
tie between the largest and best ar
mics which England and Ireland re-
spectively were able TO send forth,
and was fought out on principles Of
military science in which both O'Neill
and Bagnal were prencient. 1t was .