Battle of Ballinamuck
| Battle of Ballinamuck | |||||||
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| Part of the Irish Rebellion | |||||||
Contemporary plan of the Ballinamuck battle-ground, marking the positions of the opposing forces | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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United Irishmen France | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Jean Humbert Bartholomew Teeling |
Charles Cornwallis Gerard Lake | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~2,350 | ~26,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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~500 dead 1,144 captured ~200 prisoners executed |
~12 dead 16 wounded | ||||||
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The Battle of Ballinamuck (8 September 1798) marked the defeat of the main force of the French incursion during the 1798 Rebellion in Ireland.