French fleet intercepted off donegal. wolfe tone captured when the hoche strikes its colors

October 12th , 1798

When the Rising occurred in May, 1798 another French fleet of 1,000 troops under the command of General Humbert landed at Killala, County Mayo where they were met by the numerically superior forces of the English Army commanded by General Lake to whom

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