History of the Irish rebellion in 1798 : with memoirs of the union, and Emmett's insurrection in 1803 . but their musketry was well sustained,âand yet with all theadvantages of a strong position, the loss inflicted on the assailants wasinfinitely less than could have been anticipated. The steady advanceof the troops was never for a moment checked, and the movements ofthe columns so admirably timed, that they crowned the hill simulta-neouslyâwhile the rebels, availing themselves of the means of retreatwhich General Needhams failure had left open, went oft en masse,abandoning their cannon, ammun
History of the Irish rebellion in 1798 : with memoirs of the union, and Emmett's insurrection in 1803 . but their musketry was well sustained,âand yet with all theadvantages of a strong position, the loss inflicted on the assailants wasinfinitely less than could have been anticipated. The steady advanceof the troops was never for a moment checked, and the movements ofthe columns so admirably timed, that they crowned the hill simulta-neouslyâwhile the rebels, availing themselves of the means of retreatwhich General Needhams failure had left open, went oft en masse,abandoning their cannon, ammunition,* and all the plunder that had * Inclosed is a return of the ordnance taken on Vinegar-hill, in which are in-cluded three taken from us on the 4th of June: â Return of ordnance taken from the rebels on Vinegar-hill, 2lst June, 1798. 3 Six-pounders, 5 J inch 4£ inch howitzer. 13 Total. Rounds of ammunition, 17 51 inch howitzers. A cart, with a vast variety of balls of different diameters, had been thrown. ⢠5 R IRISH REBELLION. 145 been accumulated during the period they had occupied their savage andsanguinary encampment. The brunt of the action, and the greatest proportion of the lose, fellupon the brigade commanded by General Johnson. On the eveningpreceding the attack on Vinegar-hill, that General advanced within amile and a half of Enniscorthy, intending to bivouac in the vicinity ofthe rebel position, and bring his column fresh into action the next troops had scarcely, however, piled arms, when the rebels in greatforce issued from Enniscorthy, and moved forward with the apparentintention of attacking the royalists, and hazarding a general advanced in close columns, covered by a number of sharp-shooters, and connected by several bodies, formed in irregular rebel skirmishers, after maintaining a sharp fusilade, were speedilydislodged by the fire of th
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