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and that he subsequently rejected a request for a ceasefire. An agreement was finally made for an unconditional surrender the next morning, with hostages being taken by English forces to ensure compliance. The following morning, an English force entered the fort to secure and guard armaments and supplies. Grey de Wilton's account in his despatch says "Then put I in certain bands, who straight fell to execution. There were six hundred slain." Grey de Wilton's forces spared those of higher rank: "Those that I gave life unto, I have bestowed upon the captains and gentlemen that hath well deserved ...."
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dated 11 November 1580, he rejected an approach made by the besieged Spanish and Italian forces to agree to terms of a conditional surrender in which they would cede the fort and leave. Grey de Wilton claimed that he insisted that they surrender without preconditions and put themselves at his mercy
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In a few days the courage of the Spanish commander failed, and he entered into treaty with the Lord Deputy. A bargain was made that he should receive a large share of the spoils. He had obtained a personal interview in the Viceroy's camp, and the only persons for whom he made conditions were the
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From information obtained from prisoners, Lord Ormond ascertained the size of the defending forces to be around 700, but with military equipment that would serve a force of 5,000; the prisoners said the defences of the fort were being strengthened. Ormond retreated, leaving a small party to keep
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faith. Upon refusal, their arms and legs were broken in three places by an ironsmith. They were left in agony for a day and night and then hanged. In contrast, Grey's report mentioned: "Execution of the Englishman who served
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in one of his trials. Raleigh argued that he was "obliged to obey the commands of his superior officer" but he was unable to exonerate himself. He was executed on 29 October 1618, chiefly for his involvement in the
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to aid the rebellion. It was found later that none of the Spanish officers had a commission from King Philip, nor the Italians from Pope Gregory, though the latter had been granted
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and take service under him in Ireland. Some of them, however, did not follow the free-booting profession, and we may assume that Ercole di Pisa was an honourable man, although a
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According to the folklore of the area, the execution of the captives took two days, with many of the captives being beheaded in a field known locally in Irish as
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Cusack also mentions that some of the few who were spared summary execution actually suffered a worse fate: They were offered life if they would renounce their
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Spaniards who had accompanied him on the expedition. The English were admitted to the fortress on the following day, and a feast was prepared for them.
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freelance soldiers, mostly of Spanish and Italian origin, landed at Smerwick to support the Catholic rebels. They were forced to retreat to the nearby
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Three decades after the siege, when Raleigh had fallen from favour, his involvement with this massacre was brought against him as a
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The event is commemorated on site by a fine sculpture by Cliodhna Cussen, which was erected on the 400th anniversary in 1980
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Cusack confirmed that Di San Giuseppe (whom she named by the Spanish version, San José) had sold the "
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pardoned at the entreaty of Fitzmaurice on the strict understanding that they should clear out of the
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for taking part. At the time, neither Spain nor the Papacy was formally at war with England, but the
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The following year, on 10 September 1580, a squadron of Spanish ships under the command of Don
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spared to report in Spain and Italy the poverty and infidelity of their Irish consociates."
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on the morning of 8 November, which rapidly broke down the improvised defences of the fort.
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wrote to London on 14 November about the prisoners that a further "20 or 30 Captains and
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arrived at Smerwick Bay, replenishing the supplies of Grey de Wilton, who was camped at
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Accounts vary on whether they had been granted quarter. Grey de Wilton ordered the
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After a three-day siege, the commander Di San Giuseppe surrendered on 10 November.
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was reduced to the lowest ebb by the treachery of José." She explained that:
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of 1570 had released observant Catholics from their allegiance to Queen
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A monument to commemorate the victims of the massacre was erected at
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Map of the English attack on Spanish and Italian forces at Smerwick
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landed a small Papal invasion force in July 1579, initiating the
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commented: ".. in or about one thousand, ... most of them were
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Siege and massacre during the Second Desmond Rebellion, 1580
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Leading a rebel force of 4,000 men somewhere to the east,
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In Grey de Wilton's account, contained in a despatch to
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16th-century military history of the Kingdom of England
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Scorched Earth: Studies in the Archaeology of Conflict
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Regarding the Papal force, the Irish historian Father
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Life of Sir Walter Raleigh, 1552–1618, in Two Volumes
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An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800
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Calendar of State Papers Ireland, 11 November 1580.
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Index

Second Desmond Rebellion

Ard na Caithne
52°11′25″N 10°24′56″W / 52.190386°N 10.415546°W / 52.190386; -10.415546
Kingdom of England
Papal
Spanish
The 14th Baron Grey de Wilton
Siege of Smerwick is located in County Kerry
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Siege of Smerwick is located in Ireland
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Desmond Rebellions
First rebellion
Second rebellion
Glenmalure
Carrigafoyle Castle
Smerwick
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Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
San Juan de Ulúa
Drake's 1572-73 expedition
Drake's circumnavigation
São Vicente
Santo Domingo
Cartagena

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