| 词条 | Battle of Prosperous |
| 释义 | {{Unreferenced|date=April 2008}}{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Battle of Prosperous | partof = the United Irishmen Rebellion | image =Prosperous 1798.jpg | image_size =250px | caption = Attack on Prosperous (George Cruikshank) | date = 24 May 1798 | place = Prosperous, County Kildare | coordinates = | result = United Irish victory | combatant1 = {{Flagicon image|Green harp flag of Ireland.svg}} United Irishmen | combatant2 = {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} British Army | commander1 = Andrew Farrell, John Esmonde | commander2 = Captain Swayne + | strength1 = 600 | strength2 = 57 | casualties1 = Unknown | casualties2 = 40 dead | casualties3 = | notes = }}{{Campaignbox Irish Rebellion of 1798}} The Battle of Prosperous is the name given to a military engagement between the forces of the British Crown and the United Irishmen during the 1798 rebellion. Prosperous, County Kildare, a recently founded (1780) cotton-manufacturing village, was attacked shortly after the outbreak of the 1798 rebellion at 2 a.m on 24 May 1798 by a rebel force about 60 strong which targeted the British garrison consisting of Cork militia and a detachment of a Welsh regiment, the "Ancient Britons". The rebel entry into the village was preceded by the infiltration of a small vanguard who, possibly aided by female sympathizers within, scaled the walls of the militia barracks, killed the sentries and opened the gate. The barracks was quickly surrounded and attacked by hundreds of rebels who repulsed an attempt by the militia to break out, killing the militia commander, Captain Swayne. The remainder of the garrison were trapped in the upper barracks which was then torched causing the desperate soldiers to leap from windows onto the waiting pikes. About 40 of the military were slain but the next day, members of the Ancient Britons participated in the retaliatory massacre of 34 suspected United Irishmen at Dunlavin Green, County Wicklow. Prosperous remained under rebel control until 19 June when retaken by troops under the command of Colonel Stewart who boasted of destroying "this receptacle of rebellion". {{coord|53.2878|N|6.7558|W|source:wikidata|display=title}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Prosperous}}{{UK-battle-stub}}{{Ireland-hist-stub}} 2 : Battles of the Irish Rebellion of 1798|History of County Kildare |
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