Historical Record of the Sixth, or Inniskilling Regiment of Dragoons: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1689, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Sixth, or Inniskilling Regiment of Dragoons: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1689, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Inniskilling Dragoons, 6th
The third division of King James's army advancing against
INNISKILLING was commanded by Major-General Justin M'Carthy, who
had been created Viscount Mountcashel, and it was more formidable
than the other two; but the INNISKILLING men had become emboldened
by success, and they fearlessly advanced to meet their more
numerous antagonists. Their leading column encountered and routed
the Viscount Mountcashel's advance-guard, between Linaskea and
Inniskilling on the 30th of July, slew two hundred men, and
took thirty prisoners. In the afternoon of the same day, the
INNISKILLING forces, amounting to about two thousand men, under
Colonel Wolseley, attacked the opposing army, of very superior
numbers, in a formidable position at _Newton Butler_. By forcing
their way over numerous difficulties, and traversing a dangerous
bog, the INNISKILLING men were enabled to assail the front of the
adverse host, and their attack was made with so much audacity and
heroic ardour, that the opposing ranks were panic-stricken, and
fled in dismay. The gallant INNISKILLING men pursued at speed,
and overtaking their adversaries among the bogs and loughs,
slaughtered two thousand fugitives; about five hundred were drowned
in attempting to escape across the deep waters, and nearly five
hundred more were taken prisoners, including Viscount Mountcashel,
and Colonel Anthony Hamilton. This surprising victory was gained
with the loss of twenty men killed, and fifty wounded. Among the
trophies of the day were one iron and seven brass guns, a number of
standards and colours, a quantity of military stores, and the whole
of the enemy's baggage.
Many of the INNISKILLING men, who had evinced great personal
bravery, had not been regimented, and SIR ALBERT CUNNINGHAM,
a gentleman highly esteemed in the county, and who had been
deprived of the appointment of Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance
in Ireland, by King James, for his adherence to the reformed
religion, was authorized to embody six hundred men, into a regiment
of dragoons of twelve troops, of which he was appointed colonel;
and the corps, thus formed of the distinguished champions for the
institutions of their country, having been retained in the service
of the Crown to the present period, now bears the title of the
SIXTH, OR THE INNISKILLING, REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS.
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