Our radicals : a tale of love and politics . aved his sword once toward the entrench-ments, and fell senseless. A moment ofhesitation was apparent among his fol-lowers, and Belper, seizing the opportunitywithout considering that he had only threebattalions, compared to the vast number ofhis foes, gave the order to charge theenemy. The English troops sprang fromtheir entrenchments with bayonets fixedand rushed upon the enemy. The effectwas instantaneous; for the Irish, dis-couraged at the fall of their leader, and atthe disastrous effect of the English fire,turned and fled, and Belper, after pu
Our radicals : a tale of love and politics . aved his sword once toward the entrench-ments, and fell senseless. A moment ofhesitation was apparent among his fol-lowers, and Belper, seizing the opportunitywithout considering that he had only threebattalions, compared to the vast number ofhis foes, gave the order to charge theenemy. The English troops sprang fromtheir entrenchments with bayonets fixedand rushed upon the enemy. The effectwas instantaneous; for the Irish, dis-couraged at the fall of their leader, and atthe disastrous effect of the English fire,turned and fled, and Belper, after pur-suing them for a short distance, and killing 154 OUR RADICALS. several thousands in the attack, returnedto his original position. The day was over : the fight was discovered, to his great satisfaction,that very few casualties had occurredamongst his forces. Elated with success,Belper sat down to make a statement ofthe battle, and to await a telegram fromLord Saxborough to say that the mainbody had reached the shores of
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