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A25307 An Account of the joyning of Major-General Kirk's forces with Duke Schomberg's and the taking the town and castle of Carrickfergus as also an account of the Irish army under K. James / by several persons lately arrived from Ireland. 1689 (1689) Wing A302; ESTC R1177 1,427 2

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AN ACCOUNT Of the Joyning of MAJOR-GENERAL KIRK's Forces with DUKE SCHOMBERG's And the taking the TOWN and CASTLE of CARRICKFERGUS As also an Account of the IRISH ARMY under K. JAMES By several Persons lately arrived from Ireland Licensed and Entered August the 30 th 1689. Chester August the Twenty eighth 1689. SIR SINCE my last several Ships are returned from Major General Kirk who gives this Account That Major General Kirk had Joyned his Grace the Duke Schomberg with Fourteen Troops of Horse three of Dragoons and Horse for three or four Troops more and that the English Forces are Battering Carrickfergus with Eight Men of War by Sea and likewise by Land and 't is not doubted but they will soon be Masters of it Major Tiffen after the great Defeat near Inniskilling march'd towards Colonel Sarsfield with one Troop of Horse one of Dragoons and two Companys of Foot but finding him Decampt and hearing he fled toward Sligo marched after him thither but when he came he found a clear Stage the Enemy being fled and left behind them Fourteen Pieces of Cannon in the Town of which the said Major is now in Possession and is Fortifying of that Place Yesterday at Noon sailed from High-Lake the French Regiment of Horse-Guards commanded by the Right Honourable Colonel Schomberg and likewise the Earl of Devonshire's Regiment of Horse This day the Duke of Bolton's Regiment of Foot set Sail from High-Lake and Herbert's Troop goes from hence this day to the same place Two Troops of Colonel Villar's Regiment of Horse are come in and the rest will follow this day in order to their imbarking for Ireland with the first fair Wind. We likewise hear from Dublin by a Ship come into Beaumaris laden with Hides Tallow and Leather wherein were several Passengers as Mr. Berton Servant to Alderman Fletcher of Dublin Mr. Smith and Mr. Smallman Linnen-Drapers with Monsieur La Rue Silk-Man who gives this Account That King James had formed a Camp at Rathmine on the South side of Dublin composed of about 7000 Foot being all new-rais'd Men that they had neither Shirts nor Shoes for the most part and a great Multitude of Women and Children that followed them and that King James had given Orders to all the Parish-Priests to take an Account of all Persons from Sixteen to Sixty and the place of their Abode that they may be listed in that Kings Service and that upon the News of Duke Schomberg's landing the Camp was ordered to march on the North side of the Town intending to form an Army to go and fight him but the Horse that return'd from Derry as well as the Foot were miserably Harass'd and a French Officer that was in the Engagement before Inniskilling saith That the English behaved themselves to a Wonder but he never saw such Cowards as the Irish some of them running Sixteen or Eighteen Miles without staying to look behind them insomuch that King James was so enraged that he caused a Captain and a Corporal to be hanged for running away for Example sake he also gives Account of a Ship arrived from France with a French General and Twenty Officers with some Arms and that they had secured most of the considerable Protestants in the West not daring to trust them and are forming a Camp near Kinsale as fearing the Earl of Torington may Land there being now in despair of the French Succours and that they have laid up a great Magazine in Athloane and Fortified Gallway for a safe Retreat But we hope the Victorious and Renowned General Schomberg will soon cool their Courage having as we hear taken the Town and Castle of Carrickfergus by Storm so that he will be at liberty to march towards Dublin having receiv'd the English Horse who already forage up as far as the Newry and Charlemont In our next we expect to hear of some Considerable Action in the mean time I am your Humble Servant POSTCRIPT On Munday and Tuesday last sailed out of Highlake Eighty Sail of Ships all Horse and Fifty Ships with Foot Ammunition and Necessaries LONDON Printed for J. Green near Temple-Bar 1689.