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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Reports from Dublin on August 22 describe escalating commotions in southern Ireland, with troop movements under General Lord Luttrell and a reported clash in Kilkenny where a lieutenant was killed by insurgents.
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Dublin, August 22. The commotions in the south of the kingdom begin to wear a serious and alarming aspect. Besides the march of the flank companies of our garrison, under the command of General Lord Luttrell, a detachment of the royal regiment of artillery, with two field pieces, is on the road for the General's head quarters. His Lordship being sworn a privy councellor, constitutes him a justice of the peace throughout the whole kingdom.
It was on Sunday currently reported, that an express had just arrived from Kilkenny, giving an account that an engagement had happened in that county on Friday evening, between the King's army and the insurgents, in which a Lieutenant of the light-horse was killed.
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Ireland
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August 22
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a lieutenant of the light-horse was killed
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Commotions in the south of Ireland are escalating seriously. Flank companies of the garrison march under General Lord Luttrell, and a detachment of the royal regiment of artillery with two field pieces heads to his headquarters. Lord Luttrell, sworn as privy councellor, becomes a justice of the peace kingdom-wide. Report from Kilkenny of an engagement on Friday evening between King's army and insurgents.