Britains Naval Power a Short History of the Growth of the British Navy From T
Britains Naval Power a Short History of the Growth of the British Navy From T
William Hamilton
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At this time Ireland CHAP. XI FRENCH ATTEMPTS ON IRELAND 191 seemed the most suitable spot in the British Isles in which to foment rebellion and to land troops. The former was easy, as the terrible outbreak of May 1798 fully testifies ; the latter was beset with diffi- culty and danger. Two expeditions were prepared, at Rochefort and at Brest, intended probably to act simultaneously, but failing in that particular. The one from Rochefort, consisting only of four General frip;ates with a small b...ody of troops under General Humbert ^ y jr lands in Humbert, sailed in August, and evading our look- Ireland. Outs, landed its force in Killala Bay. This force ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ was shortly afterwards obliged to surrender to General Lake, while the four frigates narrowly escaped capture at the hands of a superior squadron. In the following month the larger and far more threatening expedition sailed from Brest, one ship Brest expedi- of the line and eight frigates, carrying 3000 troops. I^XnTsep-^ They, too, aimed for the north-west coast of Ireland, tember 1798.
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