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A52349	A journal of the most remarkable occurrences that happened between His Majesties army and the forces under the command of Mareschal de Schomberg in Ireland from the twelfth of August to the 23th of October, 1689 faithfully collected by James Nihell, Esq; Under Secretary to the R.H. the Earl of Melfort, His Majesties P.S. of S.	Nihell, James.	1689 (1689)	Wing N1157B; ESTC R41435	4,537	9

A JOURNAL Of The Most Remarkable Occurrences that Happened BETWEEN His Majesties Army And The FORCES Under the Command of Mareschal de SCHOMBERG IN IRELAND From the Twelfth of August to the 23th of October 1689. Faithfully collected by James Nihell Esq Under Secretary to the R. H. the Earl of Melfort His Majesties P. S. of S. DVBLIN Printed for Alderman James Malone Bookseller in Skinner-Row A Journal of the Most Remarkable Occurrences that hapned between His Majesties Army And the Forces under the Command of Mareschal de Schomberg c. ON the 12th of August 1689 a numerous Fleet appeared off the Coast of Donaghadee in the County of Down out of which two hundred men made that Night a descent on the land and intrenched themselves On the 13th Mareschal de Scomberg who Commanded the Forces on Board debarquing his men Horses and Train of Artillery set foot on shoar without opposition On the 14th he ordered the 200 men that first landed to March to Belfast and the next day he followed in Person with the gross of the Army and refresh'd himself there till the 19th On the 19th he invests Carrigfergus and having Summond the Garrison to surrender in vain though with offers of fair and honourable conditions He drew out his lines and the next day played upon the town from four Batteries of Cannon and three of Mortar pieces besides all the Gunns of the Navy to which the place stood exposed with in distance whilst he made his approaches by land where he found the works or walls most accessible yet tho' he with Bombs of which he threw in a thousand had lay'd all the buildings in Ashes and tho' the Garrison could not reasonably hope for any succour they kept it nine days and even then reduced to one Barrel of powder made Soldier-like Terms marching out with their Arms Colours flying ball in mouth and other usual ceremonies of War to be attended by a convoy untill they were within three mile of the Newry yet the Articles tho' signed by Scomberg himself were nevertheless barbarously violated by the soldiers who without regard to age sex or Quallity disarmed and stript the Towns people forceing even women to Run the Gantlet stark naked On the 26th of August the King came from Dublin to Tredath attended with 200 of his Guards and gentlmen Volonteers on Hors-back and found there no more then seven Regiments of Foot and some few Troops of Horse a strong Party of the Cavalry being commanded out as Far as the Newry under the Duke of Berwick The sixth of september His Grace to hinder the Enemies advancement upon him and render his march to the Newry incommodious and difficult broke up all the Causwayes and other defile's thro' which he must pass and to make all secure burnt even the Town and retyr'd to Dundalk where he found Monsieur D'esco with two Companies of Foot and a Troop of Horse sent out from the Army to bring up his Rear for their Forces united were very insufficient to make head against the enemy who then pressed their March so they all fac'd about and drew off together The King now in Tredath was informed by some Irish and one French Deserter that Schomberg's Troops were very much diseased and already in want of provisions The 13th all His Majesties Forces were come down to the Camp near Tredath On the 14th the King marched the Army from Tredath to Atherdee about 8 Irish miles and there met with intelligence that about 12 Sail of the Enemies Fleet were the day before up with the Skerries and fired many Guns which drew the Militia and people in such numbers down to the Shoar that they durst not venture upon it but bore away large to the Southward where they plyed too and agen betwixt Hoath and Bullock with design as it is thought to animate the malignant Party if any such were in Dublin to rise But matters were so well secured there by the conduct and vigilance of Collonel Symon Luttrell the Governor that disappointed of all expectations they vainly stood off to Sea and were soon out of sight On the 16th His Majesty at the first appearance of day marched the Horse and Dragoons from Atherdee to Allardstown near Affayn-Bridge about three miles short of Dun●lk of which he possessed himself about twelve By ●d i●ht following his Foot-Guards came up to him and ●e Body of the Infantry by noon the next day Having ●rt fled the Bridge he placed the Guards on the further ●de of the River and sent Parties out to discover the E●emy Towards the evening six Troops of the Cavalry ●ade up to a small advanced Party of fifty Horse and ●ome few Volontiers that attended His Majesties Army ●ho nevertheless receiving the Enemies Fire immediate●● charged and put them to flight On the 18th the whole Camp was formed with as much ●egularity and advantage as the ground would admit of The King in his person having travers'd it all over after ●ewing the Intrenchments and posture of the enemy On the 19th several Prisoners were taken and some ●●serters came with intelligence that Schomberg had set all ●ands to work to secure himself by fortifying Dundalk ●nd seem'd rather to prepare against a Siege than a Batt●l On the 20th the King drew out his Army and marching in the Head of the first and second Line within less than Cannon-shot of the enemy He immediately put them in order of Battel according to a method agreed upon with wonderful expedition and silence The Lines ●●tended themselves ftom South-east to North-west along a ●●●ge of Hillocks that front the Town the second Line shewed it self between the intervals of the first In this posture they stood for three hours the Souldiers transported with Courage by the Presence and great Example of their King in the Head of them could not forbear by shouting and other demonstrations of Joy. to dare and challenge the Invaders who nevertheless could not be provoked nor invited hy any means out of their fortifications And therefore the King disappointed in his hopes of deciding the War by a Battel commanded his Troops just under the Mareschals view to march easily back to their Camp again His Majesty Himself remaining in the Rear of all His Army until He saw the last Souldier drawn off Seven Prisoners were that night brought in by a detacht party of Dragoones from a Village called Haggardstown on the sea side The Captains O Neil and Murphy likewise with 50 Foot Surprizing a party of 80 Dragoones behind a Mountain that cover'd the Enemy killed two o● the place mong whom some French Hugonets refused Quarter took six prisoners the rest escaping by Flight On the 21th the King gave Orders for the Fortifying Atherdee with Ditches Ramparts and other Necessary Works a retrenchment was likwise cast up before the left wing of the first line On the 24th the King viewed the Country on all sides resolving when he found it necessary or convenient

to dislodge from the ground he then stood encamped on and to pitch his Tents on the Edges of small Hyllhocks that arise between the Rivers of Mapastown and Atherdee and therfore gave general Orders for preserving the Forrage in all parts within Command of his Army On the 26th a Commanded party of Horse-dragoones with 35 Companies of Granadiers set fire to all the Forrage and Corn on the other side of the Lurgan River for 3 miles along the sea coast and under the Enemies Nose who nevertheless made a faint Sally but were easily forc'd back to their Trenches again On the 28th towards the evening the discharge of the enemies Artillery three times pursued with as many Volleys of small shot and huzza's amused the Kings Camp for some wile untill disabused the next day by a deserter who said all that noise was in celebration of a great victory obteined by those of Iniskillen againk the Kings party at Sligo but this mighty Action upon better intelligence proved a Skirmish between a small band of that County Millitia and a Troop of Rebells wherein 3 of the Loyalists fell and that number twice told of the enemy On the 30th an Ensigne from mac Ca●y More 's Regiment returned to his Majesties Camp with advice that 3 ships whereon were imbarqued Collonel Villiers Troop horse and men were newly cast away that 500 French officers and Soldiers suspected to be Catholicks and well wishers to his Majesties cause were sent a ship-board their place of confinment that seven Frenchmen and a Captain were Hanged upon suspition of affecting the Kings party That Four-score a day at the least were sent from the Enemies Camp to the Hospital and that all their Horses were turned out to Grass for want of Hay and other necessarie Forrage On the 31th 〈◊〉 Regiments of Foot were Commanded to Sligo and the parts on all sides adjacent to it to preserve the inhabitants under his Majesties Obedience and check the excursions from Inniskillen On the 〈◊〉 of October A party of 150 Foot were detached under the command of Lieutenant Coll. Stapylton and Captain H●gh Macnemarra to Relieve and bring off the 500 French that Schomberg had caused to be stript and carried by water to Carlingford suspecting they had a design of changeing their party The march was difficult and hazardous For they could not avoid the English camp but by a detour of at least 30 miles and that through almost impassable Mountains nevertheless they Marched cheerfully ouer them to a vale within six miles of Carlingford where making a hault to fix their Arms and cover their Primeing against a shower of rain that hung over their heads a party of the Enemy came upon them and being demanded whom they were For they answered they were For King William so are we said stapylton with purpose to take his oppertunity of Surprizeing them but the Zealous Souldiers ignorant of his Meaning declar'd loudly they were For King James and made good their words with a Volley 14 they killed on the spot Seized all their Arms and made Eight Prisoners without Receiveing a wound On the 5th of October Forrage becoming now scarse the King thought fit to return to Atherdee and on the 6th very betimes in the Morning the Army was in a Rediness to March But the smoak of the Soldiers Hutts set on Fire by Command made their first setting out a Little Incomodious and Difficult but that was soon over For when they saw Clear they easily fell into their Ranks and Marched in great Order The Right Wing of the Horse and Dragoones with 〈◊〉 Brigade● of Foot the Canon and all the Kings Equipage by Mapastown bridge The left Wing with the reserve of the Foot and all the Baggage of the Army by the Road that led to the Bridge of Tallanstown and that Afternoon the Foot incamped in two Lines near Atherdee having the River and a long Morass before them The Horse and Dragoons for convenience of forrage and shelter were sent to three Villages lying on the right of the Infantry and the Brigade of Foot that made the Corp de reserve to another Village beyond them But the next day His Majesty visiting that part of the Army thought the Corps de reserve as indeed it was too far advanced and therefore gave orders that they should return to the Village where the Duke of Tyrconnel's Regiment lay and sent the Lord Dongan's Dragoons with three other Battalions of Foot from the Camp to reinforce that Post He then ordered a Brest-work to be made at the end of a narrow Causeway that passes thorough the Bogg and a guard of 60 foot to defend it Collonel Purcell's and Sir James Cotters Dragoons were posted on the Left at Dowdstown and Peppardstown to secure the two Bridges The Earl of Abercorn's Regiment of Horse stood incamped at a small Village between the two Lines But the Horses of that and Collonel John Parker's Regiment being very much harrassed and no danger appearing from the Enemy His Majesty thought fit to send them to their Winter Quarters The King having reason to believe that Mareschal Schomberge would not easily quit Dundalk called a Council of War and proposed the fortifying of Atherdee to hinder his advance and to facilitate the carrying on of the War the earlier in the Spring Some of the chief Officers were of opinion against it yet the Duke of Tyrconnell who chiefly seconded the King's resolutions of marching from Tredath with his Army in order to engage the Enemy to which under God we owe all the success we have met with joyning in opinion with His Majesty the work was set on foot and that place made so strong a Frontier before the King left it that tho Schomberge stayed for almost ten days after at Dundalk where he lost by Distemper above 1000 men yet made no attempt upon the Party left at Atherdee under the Command of Major General Boiselot but was glad to make a safe retreat with the reviving part of his Army leaving many sick behind and a number of dead Bodies unburied Imprimatur Will. Talbott