A Narrative of What Passed at Killalla, in the County of Mayo, and Parts Adjacent, During the French Invasion in the Summer of 1798 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Narrative of What Passed at Killalla, in the County of Mayo, and Parts Adjacent, During the French Invasion in the Summer of 1798 On the 4th of Auguft, 1798, the French government difpatchcd from Rochelle, in two frigates of 44 guns ls-pounders, and one of 38 carrying iq-pounders, a force of 1030 men and 70 officers, the whole under the command of General humbert. This officer had rifen from the ranks; was firft diftin guifhed for his activity in the ruinous war of La Vendee, and had been fecond in com mand ln the expedition of General hoche to bantry-bay 111 Dec. 1796. The fquadron, eluding beyond their own expeétation the vigilance of oumfleet, had fetched fo long a compafs on their route, as to be eighteen days in their paffage to Ireland. Their intention was to land, as the fecond party afterwards did, in Donegal; but after beating up three days againtt a north wind, they catt anchor on the 22d of Auguft in the bay of Killalla, taking care/to deceive their enemies by thew ing only Englilh colours. The feint fucceeded towell, thattwo fons of the Bilhop of Killalla, B 2eager to fee Englith men'of war, threw them felvcs into a tithing boat along with the port furveyor, Mr. James rutledge, and were prefently furprifed to find themfclves pri toners'. Edwin stock, the eldett'fon of the Bifhop, was brought on fhore that evening by the French, who wanted him for an inter preter: the other two got away, three days after, to Ballina, where they joined the party that charged the enemy near that town on horfeback, on' whofe defeat they contrived to flip away on foot to Killalla. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.