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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35092	A letter from the Right Honorable, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Honorable William Lenthall, Esq., speaker of the Parliament of England concerning the taking in and surrendring of Enistery, Carrick town and castle, Passage-fort, Bandon-bridge, Kingsale, and the fort there.	Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.; Lenthall, William, 1591-1662.	1649 (1649)	Wing C7101; ESTC R3521	3,762	10

A LETTER From the Right Honorable The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland TO The Honorable William Lenthall Esq Speaker of the Parliament of England Concerning The Taking in and Surrendring OF Enistery Carrick Town and Castle Passage-Fort Bandon-Bridge Kingsale and the Fort there Die Mercurii 12 Decembr 1649. ORdered by the Parliament That this Letter be forthwith printed and published and Read in all Churches and Chappels in and about the City of London late Lines of Communication and Bills of Mortality Hen Scobell Cleric Parliamenti London Printed by John Field for Edward Husband Printer to the Parliament of England 1649. Die Mercurii 12 Decemb. 1649. A Letter from the Lord Lieutenant from Ireland was this day read ORdered by the Parliament That the said Letter be forthwith printed and published and that the same be sent to the Lord Mayor of London and that the Lord Mayor do take care that the said Letters be sent and dispersed to the several Ministers of the several Parishes in and about the City of London late lines of Communication and Bills of Mortality Ordered That publique Thanks be given to Almighty God on the next Lords Day in all the several Churches in and about the City of London and within the late lines of Communication and Bills of Mortality for his great Mercies in giving as these seasonable and great Victories in Ireland And that this Letter of the Lord Lieutenant General be then publiquely read in all the said several Churches in and about the said City and within the lines of Communication and Bills of Mortality Hen Scobell Cleric Parliamenti For the Honorable William Lenthal Esq Speaker of the Parliament of England Mr. Speaker THe Enemy being quartered between the two Rivers of Noer and the Barrow and Masters of all the Passages thereupon and giving out their Resolution to fight us thereby as we conceived laboring to get reputation in the Countreys and accession of more strength It was thought fit our Army should march towards them which accordingly upon Tuesday the fifteenth instant was done The Major General and Lieutenant General leaving me very sick at Ross behinde them with two Battering Guns advanced towards Enistery a little walled Town about five miles from Ross upon the Noer on the South-side thereof which was possessed by the Enemy but a party of our men under the command of Colonel Abbot the night before approaching the Gates and attempting to fire the same the Enemy ran away through the River leaving good store of Provisions behinde them Our Commanders hoped by gaining of this Town to have gained a Pass but indeed there fell so much sudden wet as made the River unpassable by that time the Army was come up Whereupon hearing the Enemy lay about two miles off upon near Thomas Town a pretty large walled Town upon the Noer on the North side thereof having a Bridge over the River our Army marched thither but the Enemy had broke the Bridge and Garisoned the Town and in the view of our Army marched away to Kilkenny seeming to decline an Engagement although I believe they were double our numbers which they had power to have necessitated us unto but was no ways in our power if they would stand upon the advantage of the Passage to engage them unto nor indeed to continue out two days longer having almost spent all the bread they carried with them Whereupon seeking God for direction they resolved to send a good party of Horse and Dragoons under Colonel Reynolds to Carrick and to march the residue of their Army back towards Ross to gain more bread for the prosecution of that design if by the blessing of God it should take Colonel Reynolds marching with twelve Troops of Horse and three Troops of Dragoons came betimes in the morning to Carrick where dividing himself into two parties whilest they were amused with the one he entred one of the Gates with the other which the Soldiers perceiving divers of them and their Officers escaped over the River in Boats about a hundred Officers and Soldiers taken Prisoners without the loss of one man of our part In this place is a very good Castle and one of the ancientst Seats belonging to the Lord of Ormond in Ireland the same was rendred without any loss also where was good store of Provisions for the refreshing of our men The Colonel giving a speedy intelligence of Gods mercy in this We agreed to march with all convenient speed the residue of the Army up thither which accordingly was done upon Wednesday and Thursday the 21 and 22 of this instant and through Gods mercy I was enabled to bear them company Being come thither we did look at it as an especial good hand of Providence to give us this place inasmuch as it gives us a passage over the River Sewer to the City of Waterford and indeed into Munster to our Shipping and Provisions which before were beaten from us out of our Waterford Bay by the Enemies Guns It hath given us also opportunity to besiege or block up Waterford And we hope our Gracious God will therein direct us also It hath given us also the opportunity of our Guns Ammunition and Victuals and indeed Quarter for our Horse which could not have subsisted much longer so sweet a mercy was the giving of this little place unto us having rested there a night and by noon the next day gotten our Army over the River leaving Col Reynolds with about One hundred and fifty Foot his own six Troops of Horse and one Troop of Dragoons with a very little Ammunition according to the smalness of our marching store We marched away towards Waterford upon Friday 23 and on Saturday about noon came before the City the Enemy not being a little troubled at this unsuspected business which indeed was the meer guidance of God marches down with great fury towards Carrick with their whole Army resolving to swallow it up And upon Saturday the Four and twentieth assaults the place round thinking to take it by storm but God had otherwise determined for the Troopers and the rest of the Soldiers with stones did so pelt them they continuing very near four hours under the walls having burnt the Gates which our men Barocado'd up with stones and likewise digged under the walls and sprung a small Mine which flew in their own faces but they lost above forty or fifty men dead under the walls and have drawn off as some say near Four hundred more which they buried up and down the Fields besides what are wounded and as Inchiquin himself confessed in the hearing of some of their Soldiers lately come to us hath lost him above One thousand men The Enemy was drawing off his dead a good part of the night they were in such haste upon the assault that they killed their own Trumpet as he was returning with an Answer to a Summons sent by them both in the taking and defending of this place Col Reynolds his carriage