sentences:  In 1649 Lord Dillon took part in Ormond's unsuccessful Siege of Dublin.He blockaded the Northside of the town with 2500 men and did not intervene, when General Michael Jones sallied in the south-east side of the town and defeated Ormond in the Battle of Rathmines on 2 August 1649.After the battle Ormond and Dillon retreated northwards to Trim.