Battle of Ballinamuck

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The Battle of Ballinamuck was a decisive 1798 engagement in County Longford where British forces defeated a combined Irish and French force, effectively ending the main military phase of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
aftermath large-scale executions and repression of rebels ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Ballinamuck, County Longford ⓘ
associatedWith French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Society of United Irishmen ⓘ
belligerent French First Republic ⓘ
Irish rebels ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
BritishCommander General Gerard Lake ⓘ
Lord Cornwallis ⓘ
linked to: Charles Cornwallis
BritishTroopStrength several thousand British and loyalist troops ⓘ
campaign French expedition to Ireland (1798) ⓘ
category Battles involving France ⓘ
Battles involving Great Britain ⓘ
Battles involving Ireland ⓘ
Conflicts in 1798 ⓘ
combatant British forces ⓘ
combined Irish and French force ⓘ
commander Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Gerard Lake ⓘ
Jean Joseph Amable Humbert ⓘ
linked to: Jean Humbert

Theobald Wolfe Tone ⓘ
conflict Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
date 1798-09-08 ⓘ
decisiveAgainst French expeditionary force in Ireland ⓘ
United Irishmen forces ⓘ
decisiveFor British forces ⓘ
followedBy mopping-up operations against remaining rebels ⓘ
FrenchCommander General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert ⓘ
FrenchOutcome French forces surrendered ⓘ
FrenchTroopStrength approximately 1,000 French soldiers ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
IrishLeaderInvolved Theobald Wolfe Tone ⓘ
IrishOutcome many Irish rebels killed or captured ⓘ
IrishTroopStrength several thousand Irish rebels and militia ⓘ
location County Longford ⓘ
notableConsequence collapse of organized French military presence in Ireland in 1798 ⓘ
demoralization and dispersal of remaining rebel forces ⓘ
opponentOf British Crown forces ⓘ
linked to: British forces
partOf Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Castlebar ⓘ
region north midlands of Ireland ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
significance effectively ended the main military phase of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ
theatre Irish theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
typeOfWarfare land battle ⓘ
year 1798 ⓘ

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Irish Rebellion of 1798 → hasPart → Battle of Ballinamuck ⓘ
Battle of Ballinamuck → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Ballinamuck, County Longford ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Ballinamuck
Jean Humbert → notableBattle → Battle of Ballinamuck ⓘ
Battle of Killala → precededBy → Battle of Ballinamuck ⓘ
Battle of Castlebar → followedBy → Battle of Ballinamuck ⓘ
Jean Joseph Amable Humbert → battle → Battle of Ballinamuck ⓘ
Jean Joseph Amable Humbert → surrenderedAt → Battle of Ballinamuck ⓘ