Battle of Ballinahinch, the British army severely handled by the insurgent general Munroe, who was wounded and taken prisoner and afterwards executed; the British in vengeance burned the town of Saintfield, 12 June. Insurgents camp at Vinegar hill, stormed by general Lake, and carried with great slaughter, 21 June. Sir Charles Asgill, defeated by a body of insurgents, under the command of Murphy, an Irish priest, 23 June. Sir Charles Asgill, attacks the Irish insurgents on Kilconnel Hill, and defeats them, but with the loss of 1000 men; the insurgents lose as many with all their cannon, and their leader Murphy falls in battle, 26 June. Several actions in this month between the revolted Irish and British troops, July. A French army under general Humbert, lands in Ireland, and takes possession of Kilalla, 22 Aug. Humbert attacks Lake at Castlebar, and defeats him, taking six pieces of British artillery, 27 Aug. Battle of Underwalden in Swisserland, between the adherents of the aristocracy of Berne and the French, under Schauenburg; the town of Stantz was burnt to the ground, 9 Sept. The Irish insurgents defeat a British force at Rathfarnham, 18 Oct. Desperate action at Kilcock, the British troops suffer from the pike, 28 Oct. General Mack commences hostilities in Italy against the French, by an attack on five different points of the French lines, in the Roman territory, 22 Nov. Battle of Porto Fermo, on the Adriatic, the French defeat the Neapolitans and take their cannon and baggage, 28 Nov. Macdonald defeats the Neapolitans at Civita Castellano, 5 Dec. Again defeats Mack at Calvi, 8 Dec. Championnet defeats Mack in a general action, 11 Dec. Macdonald defeats the Neapolitans under Dumas. The fruit of these battles, was 12,000 prisoners, 99 pieces of cannon, 21 standards, 3000 horses, and all the baggage of the Neapolitan armies. Egypt conquered by the French. 1799. Battle of el Arish, Bonaparte defeats the Mamalukes, 9 Feb. Jaffa taken by storm, by generals Lasnes and Bonaparte, 5 March. Battle of Sadaseer, near Periptnam, first action on the invasion of Mysore, 5 March. Battle of Luciensteig, Massena forces that place with dreadful slaughter; and thus gains the key of Tyrol and the Grisons, 7 March. Battle at Loubi, on the river Jordan, near Nazareth; Bonaparte, Murat, and Junot commanded, 8 March. Kleber defeats the Syrians at Led-Jarra, 10 March. Battle of Esdrelon, near Mount Tabor, 17 March.