3929252 Attack on Captain Chamney\'s House, from History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798; with Memoirs of the Union, and Emmett\'s Insurrection in 1803 by W.H. Maxwell. pub. in London 1854 by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); (add.info.: Attack on Captain Chamney\'s House?. Illustration by George Cruikshank. Rebel forces attacked Captain Joseph Chamney\'s house near Ballyraheen Hill, County Wicklow, on July 2, 1798. They were repulsed by defenders. In the picture a rebel tries to set fire to the house, advancing under cover of a mattress. Captain Chamney himself had fallen in a nearby action the same day. From History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798; with Memoirs of the Union, and Emmett\'s Insurrection in 1803 by W.H. Maxwell. Published in London 1854.).