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 to the dimensions of an actual landing and the repulse of a British corps of observation near Bantry Bay, the scene of Hoche’s attempt in December 1796. The rumour was contradicted and re-affirmed and contradicted again; and thus, amid random conjectures and forebodings, the evening of Sunday the 12th passed unquietly away.