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Page 268
... roads of Munster , clear and filled only two years before , were now interdicted by rebels . It was worth a man's life ... road was room for regiments of pikemen to deploy , for cavalry to maneuver , for artillery to be brought to play ...
... roads of Munster , clear and filled only two years before , were now interdicted by rebels . It was worth a man's life ... road was room for regiments of pikemen to deploy , for cavalry to maneuver , for artillery to be brought to play ...
Page 269
... road from Armagh to the Blackwater was relatively free of woods , offering little cover for the Irish to mass behind . The road crossed a small stream called the Callan River at a ford known by the yellow color of its banks and ran ...
... road from Armagh to the Blackwater was relatively free of woods , offering little cover for the Irish to mass behind . The road crossed a small stream called the Callan River at a ford known by the yellow color of its banks and ran ...
Page 271
... road . The English were driven back into the hedges , where the Irish musketeers shot them down in droves . Percy was killed on the road by a fusillade , and a few moments later a tremendous explosion was heard as a keg of gunpowder ...
... road . The English were driven back into the hedges , where the Irish musketeers shot them down in droves . Percy was killed on the road by a fusillade , and a few moments later a tremendous explosion was heard as a keg of gunpowder ...
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