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ARMAGII. 431
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which stahds on tile hord oh ll 'll [On toil “Story. Ilhe‘ fort ‘Of Clmlfzmoml
brief cont tb ' ers 0 yrone, emands especial notice. During the
es etween VV1lliam and
James, the governor was a brave
Omccra named Teague O’Regan.
Schomberg summoned the fort,
and received for answer, that
“he was an old rogue, and should
not have it ;” to which the Dutch-
man Sent 11 reply, “that he would
V91’? 50011 give .the governor
better cause for anger.” The
fortress was exceedingly strong;
it occupied the summit of a hill
which commanded a. very im-
P0rtant pass, and overlooked the h
l Blaclrwater; it was surrounded
by a morass, and approachable
only by two narrow causcways.
Its possession was very necessary
to Schomhcrg, and he determined
to “get it by some means or
other;’’ but finding the garrison and the govemo
out, and ‘knowing that he had to do with brave and ex
“sat down” quietly-before the fort, to wait until famine
for him. And this ensued at length; the gallant old go
and marched out with all the honours of war."’
another small and insigniheant spot,
r resolute to keep him
perienced soldiers, he
had done the work
vernor eapitulated
“on his own terms,”
There is, in the county of Armagh,
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' An anecdote is recorded which exhibits the stem and resolute character of the old soldier. An attempt
was made to relieve the garrison: an otlieer named Me Mnhon. at the head of 500 men, gullantly made his
Way through the besiegers, and reached thelwalls of the fort. Teague O‘llegan, however, had men enough for
his P“1'P0-S8: he accepted the supply of provisions Me Mnhon had hrougltt, but ohstinately refused to admit
his soldiers, inasmuch as they would speedily consume the food they had conveyed, and render their enterprise
Worse than useless. He bade them, therefore, fight their way back again. But old Schombcrgy “'50 W35
3‘ alive to the movement-(Harris indeed states that he foresaw it, and so “allowed Kile Mnhon to 1”” ‘R9’ 3
A slighg 1-e5;stance’vv)ggst0od in ‘be way’ and go return was impossible. Two attempts were made, however, and
“Vice 319)’ were driven back under shelter of the walls of Chnrlemont. Still old T9-4309 "W079 1“l‘‘’! “’“'d
not make their w:1Y out, they should have no lodging or entertainment within ;" and the Dlllllfkl d"“Cl'"‘0"t I
Were compelled to wk. up me]; quamzxs upon the countcrscarp, between the fortress and the enemy, when
H“! continued in a most miserable condition, until the governor W3 i
: compelled to capitulate.
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