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| rdfs:label | - Battle of Carrickfergus (1760)
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| rdfs:comment | - When word of the capture reached Dublin a small force of dragoons were despatched by the Lord Lieutenant Duke of Bedford who feared, incorrectly, that it was a feint to draw British forces to the north while a main French force was to attack Cork or Dublin. Thurot held the town for five days, menacing nearby Belfast and demanding supplies and a ransom. In the face of the mobilisation of large numbers of local militia under General Strode, and the appearance of a Royal Navy squadron off the coast - Thurot re-embarked his force and departed the town.
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| Result | - French occupy town for five days, before withdrawing
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| abstract | - When word of the capture reached Dublin a small force of dragoons were despatched by the Lord Lieutenant Duke of Bedford who feared, incorrectly, that it was a feint to draw British forces to the north while a main French force was to attack Cork or Dublin. Thurot held the town for five days, menacing nearby Belfast and demanding supplies and a ransom. In the face of the mobilisation of large numbers of local militia under General Strode, and the appearance of a Royal Navy squadron off the coast - Thurot re-embarked his force and departed the town.
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