Battle of New Ross

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The Battle of New Ross was a major and bloody engagement during the 1798 Irish Rebellion, where Irish rebel forces attempted to seize the strategic town of New Ross from British government troops in County Wexford.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of New Ross canonical 1
Siege of New Ross 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
event in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
associatedWith Catholic and Protestant republican cooperation ⓘ
Society of United Irishmen ⓘ
belligerent British government forces ⓘ
Crown forces ⓘ
Irish rebels ⓘ
United Irishmen ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
casualtiesDescription thousands killed and wounded ⓘ
characterization major engagement of the 1798 rebellion ⓘ
one of the bloodiest battles of the 1798 rebellion ⓘ
combatant British Army ⓘ
Irish republican insurgents ⓘ
local yeomanry ⓘ
commander Bagenal Harvey ⓘ
General John Hely-Hutchinson ⓘ
General Sir Charles Asgill ⓘ
John Colclough ⓘ
Thomas Cloney ⓘ
conflict Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
date 5 June 1798 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Arklow ⓘ
Battle of Vinegar Hill ⓘ
hasTopic British rule in Ireland ⓘ
Irish nationalism ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
location County Wexford ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Leinster ⓘ
New Ross ⓘ
notableEvent massacre of rebel prisoners at Scullabogue following the battle ⓘ
partOf Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ
history of County Wexford ⓘ
history of New Ross ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Enniscorthy ⓘ
Battle of Oulart Hill ⓘ
result British government victory ⓘ
strategicImportance control of access between County Wexford and the rest of Ireland ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of New Ross ⓘ
seizure of a crossing over the River Barrow ⓘ
tacticalOutcome government forces retained control of New Ross ⓘ
rebels failed to capture the town ⓘ
typeOfWarfare close-quarters combat ⓘ
urban assault ⓘ
year 1798 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irish Rebellion of 1798 → hasPart → Battle of New Ross ⓘ
Siege of Wexford → followedBy → Battle of New Ross ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of New Ross