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after_o the_o enemy_n colonel_n berry_n fight_v the_o enemy_n army_n command_v by_o major_a general_n alexander_n hamilton_n defeat_v they_o kills_z 200_o of_o the_o enemy_n take_v 30_o prisoner_n colonel_n woolsely_n with_o 2000_o inniskilling_a man_n fights_z mac_n carty_n army_n of_o 6000_o give_v they_o a_o total_a rout_n kill_v 3300_o of_o the_o enemy_n take_v mac._n carty_n himself_o prisoner_n with_o all_o their_o artillery_n arm_n baggage_n etc._n etc._n chap._n vi_o duke_n schonberg_n with_o the_o army_n embark_v at_o highlake_n with_o ninety_o sail_n of_o ship_n land_n at_o bangor_n the_o man_n lie_v on_o their_o arm_n all_o night_n the_o castle_n of_o antrim_n taken_n the_o enemy_n quit_v belfast_n carrickfergus_a resolve_n to_o make_v a_o resolute_a defence_n the_o duke_n in_o the_o trench_n battery_n raise_v and_o the_o town_n bombard_v hot_a fire_v on_o both_o side_n officer_n kill_v in_o the_o trench_n the_o famous_a engineer_n richards_n carry_v out_o wound_v the_o 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