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Rh charged violently upon them; the broad sabre mowed them down from side to side; resistance was impracticable; bloody was the combat and great the slaughter; many thousands of that sanguinary band lay heaped upon the earth. With but little loss on the side of Government was this memorable victory achieved over the misguided Irish; it then remained only to throw their bodies, thickly strewed in masses on the ground, collectively into deep pits and trenches dug for the purpose.

Tranquillity was restored to the country, but not to the mind of De Brooke; for another was come to rob him of his laurels! Thus, in his military career, as in every other circumstance of his life, misfortune seemed destined to pursue him! The means by which General Haughton conquered the rebels were those which had been foreseen by De Brooke as likely to prove effective, and which, had such devolved on him, might have been equally well performed. Happy, however, would it have been for him had his name in this instance been associated with that of General Haughton, who, elate with newly acquired fame, determined to raise himself a step higher in popularity and favour, and that by building his elevation on the downfall of