agreeably to orders received from General Lake, who had been informed by letter, that General Eustace and Colonel Walpole would join him with some troops, for the purpose of co-operating with him. On the evening of the 2d of June, General Loftus having been informed that Colonel Walpole was actually arrived at Carnew, sent an express to him, with orders to join him next morning at Gorey. Lieutenant-Colonel Walpole was sent from Dublin with orders to join General Loftus with what troops he could procure from General Dundas, at Naas, Kilcullen, and Baltinglass, and marched eight hundred men obtained from him, with two six pounders and a howitzer, by Baltinglass and Tinahely to Carnew. His orders were to march the troops to Gorey, and leave them under the command of General Loftus. When Colonel Scott's detachment, consisting of two hundred Fencible Infantry, fifty Dragoons, one hundred of the Antrim Regiment, and two curricle guns, were moving from Arklow, General Loftus received a letter from Colonel Walpole stating that he thought Carnew a much better place to attack the rebels posted on Ballymore Hill than Gorey; that his force was able to beat the whole rebel army; and that, therefore, he would not move his troops from Carnew, but that he would meet General Loftus at Wicklow. The General having consulted with Colonel Scott and Captain Ormsby, it was agreed that he must have meant Arklow. Colonel Scott, therefore, moved forward with his detachment towards Gorey. General Loftus having sent an express to Colonel Walpole to meet him at that town, leaving Arklow in charge of the yeomen. General Loftus received a second letter from Colonel Walpole excusing himself for not coming, and saying that he had received the best information concerning the rebels, and had reconnoitred them himself; however, on the evening of the 3d of June, Colonel Walpole arrived at Gorey with part of his troops; for, notwithstanding the peremptory orders to bring the whole of them, he left two companies of infantry at Carnew. Colonel Walpole said he had obtained orders from government to collect the troops he had under his command, and to proceed to the county of

Wexford to co-operate with the troops of General Eustace, who, he said, was in the front of Gorey, towards Wexford; but General Johnson, finding himself in a critical situation at Ross, detained General Eustace there to assist him.

At nine o'clock on the morning of the 4th June, Colonel Walpole was to march with the main body of the troops towards Ballymore, where he was to have been joined by one hundred men that he had left at Carnew, and to wait for further orders. Lord Ancrum was directed to march from Newtownbarry with his small force, and to take post at Scarawalsh Bridge, there to observe the motions of the enemy on Vinegar Hill. LieutenantColonel Scott, with his force, was directed to take a southern direction, and also to reconnoitre the rebels. Captain Macmanus, and other commanders, were also dispatched for similar purposes; but all to concentrate at one point at a given signal. General Loftus desired Colonel Walpole to proceed with the utmost caution towards the rebel camp, while he himself marched in the same direction on another line of road, parallel with that taken by Colonel Walpole, but united by a cross-road which afforded an easy communication. On advancing to the cross-roads near Clough, some rebels appeared, and at the same time there was an appearance of rebels in front, to the right of the road leading to Ballymore Hill.

Colonel Walpole, actuated by the vain glory of arrogating exclusively to himself the merit of defeating the rebels, quitted his very advantageous position, and marched a little beyond Clough, where the road was deep and narrow, and afforded ample concealment for the rebels, who, on seeing the troops advance, formed an ambuscade, towards which Colonel Walpole advanced in a most irregular manner, when the rebels suddenly rose from their concealment, and directed a tremendous fire on the troops, who were put into the utmost confusion, and great numbers of them fell, being unable to form for their defence. Colonel Walpole, who made himself conspicuous, being dressed in full uniform, fell in the first onset.

Colonel Sir W. W. Wynne advanced, however, at

the moment, and, after sustaining the attack for about three quarters of an hour, fell in the conflict, when his detachment retreated in great confusion, and, had not Lieutenant Colonel Cape, of the Antrim Militia, happily come up at the moment, the whole would have been cut to pieces.

The column was obliged to retreat to Gorey, and when they arrived there, most of the windows of the town were occupied by the rebels, who kept up a heavy fire, and killed many of the troops. In this action, Captains Stark, Duncan, Armstrong, &c., were badly wounded, and were obliged to be carried back to Wicklow. Above one thousand and seventy of the Protestant inhabitants of Gorey fled towards Arklow and Wicklow, carrying their wives and children. They remained in booths and tents near Wicklow for a month, without any means of subsistence but what they received from charitable contributions.

Had the rebel army taken advantage of their victories and proceeded to Arklow and Wicklow, these towns must have fallen into their hands, when they would probably have marched to, and attacked, the metropolis; but they stopped five days in Gorey, committing every species of excess and enormity. The Protestant church they completely dismantled, and pillaged the houses of the Protestants, and murdered many of their inmates.

Our readers may judge of the blood-thirsty disposition of these monsters in human shape from the fact, that a drummer of the Antrim Militia, taken prisoner, having, in a spirit of loyalty, broke the heads of his drum, and refused to act for them, was rushed on, and butchered in the most inhuman manner. His loyalty should have excited a generous feeling of admiration, even in an enemy; and therefore, we thus briefly notice the incident. In this action, a priest fired at Captain Duncan, of the Royal Artillery, and wounded him; but the gallant captain fired in return, and killed him on the spot. In these skirmishes round Gorey, the Artillery, where they could act, nobly distinguished themselves; but it should be remembered that they were exclusively Protestants.*

* From the time of the Revolution of 1688, up to about 1793, none but Protestants were admitted into the Royal Irish Artillery.

BATTLE OF ROSS.

In consequence of the encampment at Carrigbyrne, the army was drawn together from different quarters, and concentrated in the town of Ross; and, on the 4th June, they moved from their camp to Corbet Hill, about a mile and a half from Ross. They marched in columns of parishes and baronies, each distinguished by a particular standard; and, on their way, stopped at a chapel, where mass was said at the head of each column, and abundance of holy water sprinkled on their arms and banners. The garrison of Ross consisted of about twelve hundred effective men, and one hundred and fifty yeomen, all under the command of General Johnson, and continued under arms all the night. About four o'clock in the morning of the 4th, one of the sentinels at an out-post, shot a man who was galloping towards him with a white flag. On searching him, a proposition was found, signed by the rebel general, B. Harvey, calling on General Johnson to surrender the town. Previous to this, Harvey had been invested with the sole command of the rebel force. About five o'clock on the morning of the 5th, not less than thirty thousand of the rebels approached the town with terrific yells, having four pieces of cannon, besides swivels. Priests, in their vestments, were seen going through the ranks, animating the men, which they succeeded in doing to a state of enthusiasm which nothing but fanaticism could inspire. About one fourth of them had muskets, and the remainder were armed with pikes. The attack commenced at the outposts, which the rebels succeeded in carrying. At the Three Bullet Gate they made a formidable attack, taking one gun, and immediately turned it on the troops. At this moment the cavalry advanced briskly on them, when they fled precipitately, and posted themselves behind some ditches, from whence they commenced a galling fire. The troops lost, in this encounter, one officer and twenty-four privates. The rebels, in great numbers, having entered the town at this point, set fire to the houses, while some of them pushed towards the bridge. General Johnson perceiving this, planted guns at the several cross lanes;

but such was the enthusiasm of the rebels that, though whole ranks of them was seen to fall, their places were instantly filled by others, who rushed on the troops with renovated ardour. One rebel, emboldened by fanaticism and drunkenness, advanced before his comrades, seized a gun, crammed his hat and wig into it, and cried out, "come on boys, her mouth is stopped." At the instant the gunner laid the match to the gun, and blew the unfortunate savage to atoms.

The conflict now became general in all parts of the town; and the troops, overpowered and terrified by the immense body of rebels that entered by the Three Bullet Gate, fled over the bridge to the Kilkenny side of the river. The gallant Johnson followed them-rallied and brought them back, by which the rebels within the town were completely subdued. A formidable body of rebels now advanced, and the fortune of the day seemed to hang in a balance; but it was soon turned by the steady fire of the troops, who repulsed the rebels with great slaughter. The enemy now began to fly in all directions, and left dead two thousand six hundred, besides numbers whom they carried off in cars.

The loss of the King's troops was one colonel, one ensign, four sergeants, three drummers, eighty-one rank and file, and fifty-four horses killed, and seventy-two rank and file wounded. Lord Mountjoy, colonel of the Dublin Regiment, fell in the first onset, at the Three Bullet Gate.

Mr. Michael M'Cormick, an inhabitant of New Ross, fought gallantly on this memorable day, having on his head a brazen helmet. He was formerly a quartermaster in the 5th Dragoons; his valour could not be exceeded-he rallied the men over and over during the engagement. Wherever a soldier attempted to shelter himself from the heavy fire of the enemy, he would surely find him out, and drive him into the action again—he was everywhere, and his conduct was truly praise-worthy. Before the battle began, all the inhabitants fled over the bridge, into the county of Kilkenny, except Mr. M'Cormick's wife, who staid in town, and was employed during the whole battle mixing wine and water for the