ordered in this manner there happened several Skirmishes both between the Enemy at Newry and that part of the Protestant Army at Loghbricklan in some part of which a very worthy Gentleman one Captain Poe was slain with about Nine more as they went a Forraging by an Ambuscade as also several Skirmishes between the Lord Blany's Party and the Enemy at Charlimount and other flying Parties who were Pillaging the Countrey So that scarcely a Day passed without killing and taking some This being about the beginning of March things arrived to a very great pitch and the Irish grew more insolent than formerly Insomuch that many People fled from their Concerns leaving all or most of their Substance behind to the disposal of the Enemy and grew almost impatient for Relief out of England expecting every fair Wind would bring over an Army which would settle that Kingdom And indeed a very small Number of Men with Arms and Ammunition might have effected it when the Prince of Orange the now King his Proclamation came over requiring the Irish to surrender themselves and their Arms by the 10th of April Which Proclamation was sent by the Lord Blany to the Garrison of Charlimount And the said Lord Blany had his Majesty Proclaimed at Armagh with all the Solemnity imaginable which was likewise done at Hillsburrough and several other Places in the North. When the Earl of Tyrconnel had advice That our Present King William was proclaimed in Armagh and several other places he by this time had put his Army into some better Condition than before and ordered some Horse and Dragoons commanded by Collonel Dominick Sheldon with a considerable Body of Foot commanded by Collonel Richard Hamilton who was sent out of England with Conditions for the Irish to march towards the North And having stopt all Correspondence from the Protestants from Newry downwards that Army marched within some few Miles of Loghbricklan before any particular Account came to the Lord Mount Alexander or the Council at Hillsburrough Whereupon it was thought fit to withdraw what Forces were quartered at Loghbricklan and thereabouts nearer Drumore and Hillsburrough and to burn and destroy all the Countrey they marched through to make the same uneasie for the Earl of Tyrconnel's Horse in regard there was not much Forrage in that Countrey However Collonel Hamilton and Sheldon finding the Garrison of Loghbricklan deserted immediately moved forward and having some Troops in the Forlorn marched within some few Miles of Drumore Sir Arthur Rawdon then commanding at Drumore sent out some Scouts to observe the Motion of the Enemy and to discover their Number The Scouts informed him that there could not be above Three or Four Troops of Horse and that they approached near the Town Whereupon Sir Arthur Rawdon drew out about Five Hundred Men or thereabouts to prevent the Enemies coming farther into that Countrey and upon View of the Body of Horse the rest of the Army lying obscurely under a great Hill resolved to Charge them but before there was any Close Engagement the great Army which lay secure behind the Hill moved forward and were much too strong for Sir Arthur's Party Whereupon the Protestants fled and made their way through Hillsburrough the Enemy killing several having the pursuit of them for about Five or Six Miles and getting great Plunder of Rich Portmantions and other things left on the way but finding themselves near Hillsburrough and not knowing but the Body of the Protestant Army were in a Reserve thereabouts thought it convenient to make a Halt until they had brought up the rest of the Army But to give Sir Arthur Rawdon his due he behaved himself with as much Courage as any Man could do in this Engagement and had there been but reasonable Odds he and Major Baker now one of the Governours of Londonderry had defeated the Enemy But the loss of the Protestants was not much considering the advantage of the pursuit the Enemy might have made losing about 100. Upon the News of this most of the People about Hillsburrough fled but some kept the Castle being a place of a reasonable good Strength and having about a Thousand Pound in Money and an incredible Store of Oatmeal and other Provision were resolved to defend the Place but in a very little time surrendred it and all the Money c. to the Enemy Col. Hamilton and Sheldon giving Protections to all People who desired them on his March which was their Policy for thereupon many remained in their own Houses After the Break of Drumore Sir Arthur Rawdon brought what Horse and Foot he could with him to Colerain and thereupon what Forces were in Lisnegarvy Belfast Antrim and other places thereabouts made their way to that Garrison thinking to secure that Pass and prevent the Enemy going over the Ban Water having cut down the Bridge at Porteglanone about Ten Miles from Colerain and ordered all the Boats on Lough Neagh and the River to be burnt which was esteemed the only way to retard the Enemies March into the County of Londonderry and Donegall having no way to pass but by a tedious march by Charlimount But the great oversight of not sinking or burning these Boats proved very fatal as you shall hear hereafter The Garrison at Hillburrough being surrendred and all the Protestant Forces making their way to Colerain there was nothing left to oppose the Irish Army in all that Country where they got very great Plunder especially in Lisnegarvy Belfast and Antrim besides to the value of 3 or 4000 l. belonging to the Lord Massereen in Money and Plate hid about his House and discovered by his own Servant for a Reward of 10 Guinies and besides this they got all the Furniture of his House as it stood to a very great value And in this plentiful Country the Enemy thought fit for some time to refresh themselves which indeed they did Now I must return to Armagh Monaghar and Glasslogh to give account of the Forces there under the Command of the Lord Blany and the other Forces of the Counties of Cavan and Fermanaugh commanded by Capt. Francis Hamilton now Sir Francis Hamilton who for the good of his Country and Religion deserted the late King James's Army and brought off about 16 or 20 of the best Men in his Troop and forced his way escaping several imminent dangers The Irish of the North-West having advice that the Army had conquered all before them in the North-East Country very violently prest the taking in of strong Houses and Castles wherefore the Protestants thought good to make a fair Escape to Iniskilling where many of them now are to the number of about 10000 of good Men under the command of Gustavus Hamilton some time Cornet to the Lord Galmoy and many of the Protestants got into the Castle of Monaghan but the Irish were so numerous about that place and so very earnest in getting it that the Protestants were forced to desert it and make to Glasslogh But
Henly desperately wounded and then Sir Arthur after a close engagement with Nugent the Bullets flying thick about him was forced to retreat as gallantly as Col. Nugent's Attempt was great The Business being over on viewing the Body of Capt. Henly being strangely mangled Col. Nugent observed him to move and asking whether he was not dead Capt. Henly said he was not and therefore desired honourable Quarters which was given and he sent to the Hospital near Colrain and well recovered of his Wounds by the particular Directions of Col. Nugent and the Lord of Duntreath either out of fear or vexation that the Army was broken died at Kilmore This News of the Enemies passing the River coming to Col. Lundy the Governor of London-Derry he forthwith ordered all the Forces at and about Colrain to march into the Laggan and to quit the Garrison of Colrain although it might have been kept for a considerable time but his Orders were observed and all the Forces marched to London-Derry burning and destroying all the Country between Colrain and Derry before them where Col. Lundy assured the Army that they should fight the Enemy very soon and to that end a Proclamation was set forth which very much encouraged both Officers and Soldiers Within some few days the Enemy began to appear on the other side of the River of Derry which was not much regarded or taken notice of but within two days the whole Army was observed to march towards Strabawne of which Col. Lundy had a full account and was advised that the Enemy could not stay in that Country which was ruined before by the Protestant Army and therefore must of necessity press and force their way into the Laggan being a plentiful Countrey wherefore Col. Lundy was desired to march even with the Enemy on the one side of the River that they may be at the Passes as soon or sooner than the Enemy and if Lifford Claydy and Fin-Waters were secured there was no danger of the Enemy getting into that good Country where the whole Army may be maintain'd till Relief came out of England but these Reasons made no sound in his ears or at least seemed little to regard them and suffered the Enemy to have a days March before him so that when he had ordered some few Regiments of Foot to secure these Passes the Enemies whole Body were drawn up near these Places and broke in at Claydy-Ford whether upon a Sign from Col. Lundy or not I cannot positively say and then Col. Lundy fled crying out You are all cut off shift for your selves suffering about two hundred of the Protestants to be cut off he making his way to London-Derry and indeed the whole Regiment posted at Lifford had certainly been lost had not some Gentlemen of greater Courage or more honesty made a a halt with the Horse and brought up the Foot after the loss of 100 of them and then according to Col. Lundy's Directions all the Army marched with what haste they could to Derry but when they came there the Gates were shut and about 8000 kept out of the Walls and dispersed about the Country so that if the Enemy had pursued all these poor Souls might have been lost but as it was many of them were lost for they made down to Evishein where several of them were killed as well by the Rabble of the Country as the Army besides getting a great many good Arms. When the Enemies Horse and Foot that were drawn up at Claydy observed the Protestants to run the Horse eagerly pressed over by swimming the River dragging the Foot by Tail and Mane after them very few being lost save only Major Robert Nangle and two Troopers drowned The next day and as all looked upon as a great Providence Col. Cunningham and Col. Richards appeared in Loghfoyle about four miles from the Town with nine Sail and a Man of War which brought over two Regiments for the Relief of Derry This indeed comforted the People but alas it was to little purpose for as soon as Col. Cunningham and Richards came up to the Town Col. Lundy assured them there was not ten days Provision in the Garrison and thereupon a Council of War was called and 't was concluded that the Town was not tenable for want of Provisions Upon which Cunningham and Richards immediately returned to their Men on board and waited two days to bring off Col. Lundy leaving the Town to make Conditions for themselves having before brought off most of the considerable men of the Army who neither through fear or disaffection to the Cause they had espoused left the Place but meerly cheated and deluded by this blind Council of War. This sudden Resolution of the Relief going back amazed the Town and especially those who knew nothing of the Design and the Town being in a good condition both as to Provision and a considerable Army both of Horse and Foot in it sent three several Messengers to Col. Cunningham and Richards That if they would accept of the Garrison and secure it for Their present Majesties what Horse and Foot were in Town would take the Field and leave the Town to themselves for in that time they were in a condition to do it but they returned no Answer nor did the Messengers return ever since While Col. Cunningham and Richards were in the Logh the late King James marched all his Forces within a small way of London-Derry and thought to get the Garrison without the least opposition but upon his approach the Townsmen gave him a warm Salute with their great Guns and kill'd Three of his Horse with a Cannon-Ball which put a stop to his Career Col. Lundy observing how violent the men were sent Col. Thomas Whitney round the Walls to command the men not to fire any more which Orders the said Whitney delivered but had he not made soon off he had certainly been thrown over the Walls Col Lundy finding how resolute the men were resolved to let them take their own Measures and within some few hours after the Earl of Abbercorne was sent with a Parly from the late King for to surrender permitting them their Lives Estates Religion and a free Pardon for all Offences past but all this would not work with the People who utterly denied to surrender on any Conditions Col. Lundy seeing this way would not do what he designed as the Town had strong Presumptions to believe it seems the Key of the Ferry-Gate was lost and the Gun before the Gate uncharged and the Gunner not to be found this being discovered the whole Town was allarm'd and every man repair'd to the Wall and Col Murray appointed Governor that night upon which Col. Lundy secur'd himself in his House under a Guard of his own Red-coats fearing the Soldiers of the Town would use violence against him The next day it appearing that Col. Lundy had absconded the Town unanimously chose Mr. George Walker Clerk and Lieut. Hen. Baker their Governors and Col. Murray
then thought to retake that strong Hold with about 6 Companies of the Lord Mountjoy's Regiment with Pike and Musket who were within three days after their arrival at Dublin and after a long March of 110 miles being the depth of Winter ordered to march back again but indeed it was altogether needless until the Lord Mountjoy came in Person and proposed to the Inhabitants That if they would admit of any of the Army to quarter in that Town he would disband all the Papists in those six Companies and put Protestants in their places and that Colonel Robert Lundy should be their Governour to which the whole Town agreed and after that time there were six Companies of Protestants belonging to the Lord Mountjoy who are now it that place and Colonel Lundy continued Governour until of late The little Town of Iniskilling being situated in an Island in a great Lake so that there was no access but by water the Inhabitants thereof did no less gallantly secure that place opposing two Foot-Companies which were sent by the Earl of Tyrconnel to secure that Garrison looking on it as a most advantageous place bordering on Connaght but not timing his Intrigue well the Inhabitants of Iniskilling never suffered these two Companies to come nearer than two miles of the Town and so sent them back again with as much shame as the Earl of Antrim's Regiment left Londonderry and very soon after the said Town of Iniskilling declared for the Prince of Orange the now King and the Protestant Religion and have very gallantly ever since defended that place with great Courage and Zeal altho' they were like to have been surprised by some of the disaffected Gentlemen in that Country several times Since which time this Town has not been idle for after the Army had marched against the Counties of Downe Antrim c. under the Command of Lieutenant General Hamilton and Colonel Sheldon the Lord Galmoy with about 2000 Horse and Foot was ordered to march against this place and the Country thereabouts being boggy and very bad way to bring great Guns against the place there was a contrivance of a Tin Gun covered with Leather and this was drawn by eight Horses to the Top of a Hill near the Town After this great Bugbear for so it might be term'd was fairly planted against the Town the Lord Galmoy sends a Trumpet with a Summons for surrendring the Garrison offering large Conditions but the Town refused him Entrance and set his Lordship and his great Gun at defiance not knowing but the same was real and sallied out in the Night killed about thirty six took some Prisoners and this extream weighty Gun which one man triumphantly brought into Town on his shoulder that was drawn by eight Horses the day before This Defeat so much shamed the Lord and his Party that they drew off and never troubled the place more nor dare they ever since come near the Town but permit the Souldiers of it to ride thirty or forty miles in the best planted Countries driving before them such Cattle and bringing such Provisions as they think most convenient for the use of the Garrison without the least obstruction When the Lord Galmoy was on his March towards Iniskilling with his Tin Gun he happened to take one Wolston Dixie eldest Son to the Dean of Kilmore and one Edward Charleton as they were carrying off some Concerns of the Dean's and this young Gentleman coming but newly from the Colledge and being with a Party of Horse the Lord Galmoy said he was a Captain and instrumental in making so much trouble in the North the Gentleman disowned it and said he only was securing his Father's Goods but in short he and Mr. Charleton were hanged at Belturbet and there being an accident either by the breaking of the Rope or the Gate whereon they were hanged this young Gentleman fell down alive and then the Question was put Whether he would turn Roman Catholick and pray for King James He said he would not alter his Opinion but would pray for the King Whereupon Command was given to hang him up again and being half dead was cut down his Head and Mr. Charleton's being kicked about the streets and afterwards fixed on the Market-house This piece of Cruelty was done by that Bloody Villain the Lord Galmoy at Belturbet in the County of Cavan After the Towns of Londonderry and Iniskilling had thus opposed the Earl of Tyrconnel and his Proclamations the County of Cavan being the neighbouring County began to appear very briskly for on the 8th of January there being a Quarter-Sessions to be held at the Town of Cavan and there also being many Irish Justices of the Peace on the Bench one Captain Robert Sanderson of Castle Sanderson came with about eighty Horse into that Town After the Country had met this Gentleman demanded of the Irish Justices to shew by what Commission they sat there They replied It was by King James his Commission whereupon Captain Sanderson told them That was no good Authority at that time of day and ordered the Country to return to their own Dwellings some of the Reilys being Great men of that Country and Justices of the Peace began to thwart him which Controversie had been ended by the Captain 's Cane if the Justice had not fled off the Bench and escaped his Fury this so alarmed the whole Court and Town that the Quarter-Sessions were broke up and none kept there ever since This News went very soon to the Earl of Tyrconnel's Ears who threatned to send some Troops of Horse into that Rebellious Country as 't was then termed which so much terrified the people that almost every man was in Arms. The Irish then began even to break and plunder Houses in Corporation-Towns and take away the Protestants Goods at pleasure Not long after this one Sir Gerrard Irwin having gone to Dublin was made Lieutenant Colonel to the Earl of Granard's Regiment of Horse to be then raised and in order to the better raising of the same in the County of Fermanagh the said Sir Gerrard brought with him several Cases of Pistols Holsters and other Furniture with Carbines Swords c. from Dublin with Powder and Ball which did so much terrifie the hearts of the English thereabouts that they resolved to seize both the Knight and his Arms c. which was accordingly done by one Mr. Dan. French and Mr. Hen. Gwillyms who came from Belturbet to the Town of Cavan with about sixty Horse and there seized on the Arms and took Sir Gerrard Prisoner to Belturbet who was delivered to the Lord Blany's disposal being there at that time upon his viewing the Forces of that Country who sent Sir Gerrard Prisoner to Iniskilling the Country wherein he purposed to raise his Men to be secured by them This was not long from the Earl of Tyrconnel's Ears viz. that the Protestants had broke the County-Goal at Cavan and discharged the Protestant Prisoners who were hourly
threatned to have their Throats cut by the Papists in the said Goal who was exceedingly troubled at it but dared not to send any Forces into that Countrey lest they would be served with the same sauce as Sir Gerrard Irwin was So that he did only send some Troops of Horse and Dragoons to Navan and Kells in order to prevent Captain Sanderson's Motion to Dublin with his Horse being by this time alarm'd on the other side of his Head by the Lord Mount Alexander my Lord Blany Sir Arthur Rawdon and several other Persons of Quality being all up in Arms in the Counties of Downe Antrim c. and having the Standing Army but in a very bad Condition at that time the best whereof being sent for England on the Prince's Landing and few or no New Men raised seemed to be so apprehensive of the Scotch Army marching to Dublin that he had Scouts for Fifty or Threescore Miles together to observe the Motion of the Rebels in the North as he termed them And it is most certain that if some Troops had marcht up towards Dublin the Earl of Tyrconnel would certainly either have fled or surrendred the Castle not having above Ten Companies of Foot and some few Horse in Dublin and these being all new rais'd raw Men. But the Gentlemen of the North although they were in an indifferent Condition and had a great Desire to effect this yet were unwilling to appear any otherwise than in their own Defence until Commissions should come out of England The Earl of Tyrconnel considering how numerous the Scotch in the North were and how weak and insignificant the Standing Army was and how useless the Rabble of the Irish would be to him very cunningly engag'd the Lord Mountjoy to send Letters to his Friends in the North to be very careful of Affairs assuring them that no Forces should be sent into the North or any New Levies made or Soldiers quartered upon private Houses and that all things would be very well to their own satisfaction for that he was going into France to receive Orders from King James to make Tyrconnel lay down the Sword. This so much pleased the People that all things began to grow pretty still and quiet again in which time the Earl of Tyrconnel was raising Men and sending Arms privately into the Countrey to such as he had given Commission and in a very short time notwithstanding his Promises to the Lord Mountjoy had Raised and Armed several Regiments of Dragoons and Foot and secured the Town of Newry being a great Pass and very disadvantageous to the Protestants in the Norths The Irish having secured this Pass of Newry the Earl of Tyrconnel thought himself very safe and then daily sent down Arms to all that Countrey and secured the Towns of Drogheda and Dundalke by leaving great Parties both of Horse and Foot in them So that the Protestants had no manner of Correspondence that way and likewise had taken care that all other By-Passes cunningly should be secured which was the only mischief the Protestants met with for by this means the Earl of Tyrconnel could march down his Army against them when he pleased and at his own leisure and they never have the least Account of their Motion which has proved too true as you shall hear hereafter The Irish having got this Considerable Strength as I have mentioned before then it was their Business and indeed the positive Commands from the Respective Parish-Priests and under the Danger of a Curse too That they should endeavour to secure and seize all strong Castles or Gentlemens Houses of any Strength as soon as possible they could which indeed they effected with much Integrity either by cunningly stealing into them by Nights or setting Fire to their Gates While the Earl of Tyrconnel was fortifying the Newry and re-enforcing several other Garrisons there were several Odd Companies of Foot and Troops of Dragoons quartered about the Countrey who indeed were willing to be gone from amongst the Scotch Army and amongst the rest I cannot pass by giving you an Account of the Troop of Dragoons quartered in Armagh it seems Lieutenant Aspoll commanding in Chief in that Town perceiving how vastly numerous the Protestants were in that Countrey and how vigorously they armed themselves was apprehensive of some Danger therefore gave private Orders to all the Men to be ready against a certain Hour and march out of the Garrison with all the Privacy imaginable But this was not so secretly managed but it took Wind in the Town and the very morning the Dragoons were to march away the Townsmen surprized the Officers in their Chambers and secured all the Horses and Arms they could find and there being about Ten of the Dragoons on the Guard that Night posted themselves in the Session-House and endeavoured to secure that Place but the Townsmen were so forward and resolute that they came up to the Doors of the House fireing on both sides very smartly But at last the Dragoons surrendered after a Serjeant was shot in the Arm and they with the rest of the Troop all sent Prisoners to the Church after having lost both Horse and Arms which were distributed amongst the Men who performed this Service and the Dragoons after some Days Confinement Discharg'd who upon their March in the County of Lowth got near the value of all their Horse and Arms at Captain Blany's House having taken all his best Horses and Houshold-Goods to a very considerable Value This late Action at Armagh much stir'd up his Excellency's Passion insomuch that he swore he would send down a very powerful Army against the North but being awed by a considerable Force under the Lord Inchiqueen in Munster and by another under the Lord Kingston in Connaught durst not send so great an Army as he would and therefore for some time rested quiet The Northern Gentlemen understanding that the Earl of Tyrconnel did not intend an Army to divert them so soon as expected were willing to give themselves some Recreation and the taking of Carrickfergus where the Earl of Antrim was Governour and Mark Talbot Natural Son to the Earl of Tyrconnel Commander of the Forces there was the Subject and it was reported on all hands That if there had not been a Mis-management in the Matter the Design had taken Effect but since it did not I shall not trouble the Reader with a Relation of the manner of besieging that Town or how they left it After the Forces were drawn back which went against the Town of Carrickfergus the Council at Hilburragh thought convenient to send some Forces to secure the Pass at Loghbricklan and other places thereabouts lying within some few Miles of Newry where the Irish had made a considerable Strength both by manning the Bridge and intrenching the Town and at Armagh the Lord Blany with about a Regiment of Horse and a Regiment of Foot secured that Pass in case the Enemy should move that way Things being
the General in the Field upon all Sallies This Election mightily pleas'd the People and were notwithstanding Col. Cunningham and Richards had left them resolved to defend the Place Now there was a hot Discourse in the Garrison that King James was in person before the Town and that if they would not believe it two Gent. who knew him might go out and see Whereupon Mr. Arch-deacon Hamilton and Capt. Nevil were appointed who returned not again to the Garrison Then another Paper came under the Hand and Seal of the late King to desire the Garrison to send out any number under Twenty to see him but Answer was return'd That whether he was there or not the Town should not be surrendred When the late King found himself thus slighted by the Town he did then tamper with Capt. Robert Galbreath Capt. William and Benjamin Adaire for the Surrender of the Fort of Kilmore which indeed took effect but before this Col. Lundy one Giluer Brasier and Lieut. Wildman made their Escapes in Disguise and went down to Kilmore with Benjamin Adaire who came for Powder to the Town and so got off to Scotland This News of the Surrender of Kilmore was a second Surprize to the Town but all this would not perswade them to surrender and by this time most of the Horse in the Town were forced to be turned out for want of Forage and only one hundred kept being two Troops Col. Murray Capt. of the one and Nathanael Bull Capt. of the other And now the Town being surrounded they came to examine their Provision and Number of fighting Men and upon search it plainly appear'd there was Provision for 12000 men for ten or twelve weeks Whereupon the men were Regimented and brought to an Allowance and have ever since most gallantly defended the Place their Sallies being frequent and brave I will only say That by the prudent Government of these two Gentlement being encouraged by many in the Garrison the Town has been preserved In Munster the Lord Inchequin commanded the Protestants but being surprized by Major General Macarty were all disarmed and no farther harm done them Before I proceed any farther to give an Account of the Town of London-Derry and the Situation of the Place I must give a Relation how that Honourable Person the Lord Kingston with about 1000 Horse and Foot were decoyed out of the two strong Forts at Sligoe which might very well have held out as long as Derry and been a great Relief to many of the Protestants in Connaught Col. Lundy Governor of London-Derry writes to this Honourable Person to march his men to joyn the Protestants in the Laggan Upon this Letter the Lord Kingston accordingly marched his men as far as Ballyshannan and Donegall but when his Lordship had come that length he had Advice that there was no room for his men or Forage for his Horse in London-Derry and therefore desired him to shift for himself and that his men might take the late King James's Protection Upon which the Lord Kingston made for England forcing a French Vessel that lay near Castledoe and brought some of his men with him and the rest got into Iniskilling This carries the Face of contrivance in regard his Lordship was not able to make his way to London-Derry nor to return to Sligoe the Enemy possessing themselves of those Forts so soon as they were deserted And now I must return to London-Derry As I have informed you how the late King James used all means to get that Town so there was one Expedient more found out which was thus A Sham-Letter was sent into the Garrison That the Lord Kingston's Party had engaged some of the Enemy at Fin-water and routed them and therefore earnestly pressed the Governor to send 500 Foot with twenty Barrels of Powder to meet him about Raphoe and that his Lordship doubted not to repel the Enemy but the Governors very discreetly considering the unreasonableness of that Letter inasmuch as the greatest part of the Irish Army lay between the Town and Raphoe looked upon it as a Trick to get the Powder and Arms the truth of which was afterwards made very plain in regard the Lord Kingston had not writ any such Letter nor was he near that place or ever engaged any part of the Irish Army The Town by this time was very well allarm'd by the approach of the Enemy and having an Account of a considerable quantity of Salmon about sixty Tun belonging to the Lord Massereen in a Ware-house near the Town made a shift to get it all excepting forty Barrels which afterwards came to the hands of the Enemy and a great Stack of Hay which stood within a quarter of a Mile of the Town which might easily have been brought in but was not The Enemy having now got the Fort of Kilmore by Surrender which lies on the Mouth of the River wherein was 300 Foot belongnig to the Town and some Powder and Salmon the Soldiers made Conditions to carry out their Swords and Baggage leaving their Fire-Arms behind but these Conditions were not performed for most of them had their Swords Hats c. taken from them in the Garrisons of Colrain Balymenagh and Antrim for want of Guards to conduct them from Garrison to Garrison as agreed upon upon which Complaint being made to General Hamilton all the Satisfaction he gave was That if the Persons wronged could discover who plundered them they should be punished if Soldiers but was not able to prevent the Barbarous Actions of the Rabble After the Fort of Kilmore was surrendred the Irish Army were Quartered from St. Johnstons along the Country about eight miles in length and Brook-Hall was ordered for the Duke of Berwick Mr. Fitz-James and General Hamilton's Quarters They also placed about 100 men in the Fort of Kilmore and about two Batallions of Foot at Pennyburne-Mill lying a mile from the Tomn so that most of their Foot were near that Place and the greatest Body of their Horse consisting of two Regiments belonging to the Lord Gallmoy and Sir Maurice Eustace of Castlemartin and a Regiment of Dragoons belonging to the Lord Duleeke were quartered about St. Johnstons and the Carrigans all which did not amount to more than 7000 on Derry side and about 3000 attending a Battery raised near Strongs-Mill in view of the whole Town on the other side of the Water in which Battery were seven Cannon which play'd very warmly against the Town and especially against the Walls but did no great prejudice the Governors ordering Blinds to be built on the Walls to prevent the Enemy's Shot against the Men who were posted on the Works The Harm they did against the Town was very small and only brake some Slates and Tiles on the tops of Houses The Governors being apprehensive of some Bombs to be thrown into the Town ordered a great part of the Pavements to be pulled up lest the fall of a Bomb might do some injury by breaking of the