Ireland's crown of thorns and roses; or, The best of her history by the best of her writers, a series of historical narratives that read as entertainingly as a novel .. . ditch around the extentof the base of Vinegar Hill; they had a very few pieces ofsmall, half-disabled cannon, some swivels, and not above twothousand firearms of all descriptions. But their situationwas desperate, and General Lake considered that two thou-sand firearms in the hands of infuriated and courageous men,supported by a multitude of pikemen, might be equal to tentimes the number under other circumstances. A great man
Ireland's crown of thorns and roses; or, The best of her history by the best of her writers, a series of historical narratives that read as entertainingly as a novel .. . ditch around the extentof the base of Vinegar Hill; they had a very few pieces ofsmall, half-disabled cannon, some swivels, and not above twothousand firearms of all descriptions. But their situationwas desperate, and General Lake considered that two thou-sand firearms in the hands of infuriated and courageous men,supported by a multitude of pikemen, might be equal to tentimes the number under other circumstances. A great many women mingled with their relatives, andfought with fury; several Avere found dead amongst the men,who had fallen in crowds by the bursting of shells. . .It was astonishing with w^liat fortitude the peasantry, uncov-ered, stood the tremendous fire upon the four sides of theirposition; a stream of shells and grape was poured on themultitude; the leader encouraged them by exhortations, thewomen, by their cries, and every shell that broke amongstthe crowd was followed by shouts of defiance. General Lakeshorse was shot, many officers wounded, some killed, and a few. fa = ^ i^-. c^ ^ = > • ^ e3m •J. 01 v. S-t 1/ Q Sj ^ c a o *- c(. ?^ c Sh ^ 0) o 3 Xi bl O ^ ^ ct H-c ij C ^ H - The Rising of 98 231 gentlemen became visible during the heat of the battle. Thetroops advanced gradually but steadily up the hill; the peas-antry kept up their fire, and maintained their ground; theircannon were nearly useless, their powder deficient, but theydied fighting at their post. It was a slaughter, not a fight, for to the ceaseless beat-ing of the iron storm the hapless insurgents could not replywith even one defiant shot. While the body of insurgents onthe hill carried on the contest with such heroic perseveranceagainst such fearful odds, the division that obeyed the jointcommand of Mr. Barker and Father Kearns had likewise beenhotly engaged with the enemy. Their position was at somedistanc
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