Battle of Castlebar

Quando

27 de ago. de 1798

Tipo

Batalha

Coordenadas

53.86° N, 9.30° W

Description

battle during the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Battle of the Irish Rebellion of 1798

The Battle of Castlebar was a military engagement of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, which occurred on 27 August 1798 near the town of Castlebar, County Mayo. A combined force of approximately 800 French troops and 2,000 United Irishmen rebels, commanded by Jean Joseph Amable Humbert, routed a British Crown force numbering from 3,000 to 5,000 men, led by Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake, in what would later become known a…

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “Battle of Castlebar: A combined force of French and United Irishmen under Humbert defeats the British militia under General Lake in County Mayo”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “victoire franco-irlandaise à la bataille de Castlebar”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte

• Irish Rebellion of 179824 de mai. de 1798 · Rebelião