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 .. . il!iall|llilMlllliiilllt;lffiWBii!!ii;i||iiyili|:illBiiiiiiiilii;iAyiU. CHAPTER X. POSITION OF INSURGENTS AND —BATTLE OF ^OOKES MILL. Early on the morning of Saturday, the 16th, news wasbrought to the insurgent camp on Limbrick Hill that GeneralsLoftus and Dundas had quitted their camps at Tullow andHacketstown, and were on their march from these places withthe intention of making a combined attack on their position
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 .. . il!iall|llilMlllliiilllt;lffiWBii!!ii;i||iiyili|:illBiiiiiiiilii;iAyiU. CHAPTER X. POSITION OF INSURGENTS AND —BATTLE OF ^OOKES MILL. Early on the morning of Saturday, the 16th, news wasbrought to the insurgent camp on Limbrick Hill that GeneralsLoftus and Dundas had quitted their camps at Tullow andHacketstown, and were on their march from these places withthe intention of making a combined attack on their the receipt of this welcome news the camp on LimbrickHill was broken up, and the insurgents were once more ontheir march to meet their foes. They reached Carnew with-out encountering an enemy; and thence they continued theirmarch to Tinahely, where their advance guard came in viewof a like body from the hostile army, whom they jDut to flight,making many prisoners. They also captured a great num-ber of cattle which were in the possession of the enemy. Theinsurgents reached Mount Pleasant that night, where theyencamped. At an early hour next morning the united forces of Dundasand Loftus came in sight of the insurgents, drawn up in
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