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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	foot_n	general_n	regiment_n	1,004	5	9.7483	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46307	Journal of the king's march from Kilsburgh to His Majesties happy entring Dublin on Saturday, July the 5th, 1690		1690 (1690)	Wing J1098; ESTC R30924	2,314	3

A JOURNAL OF THE King's March from Hilsburgh TO His MAJESTIES Happy Entring DUBLIN On Saturday July the 5th 1690. Honoured SIR MY former gave you an Accompt of what passed that was remarkable from the King 's Landing to the 21th of June The 22th being Sabbath-day the King decampt from Hilsburgh and made his Advance to Lough-Brick lane where he continued his Camp that daye Munday Tuesday and Wednesday following and on Thursday advanced to the Newry where the Camp continued only one Night At Two the next Morning made an advance towards D●ndalk and encamped the Army on the same Ground where the Enemy Encampt when they made that great Appearance against us last Winter The King on his Arrival here divided his Army having one pa●● under the Command of Lieutenant General Douglass to collect the D●nish and Western Forces with some Addition of the other English Forces and to March by the way of ●●●mag●● and on Friday they met his Majesty at the Camp of the 〈◊〉 and being joyned makes the greatest and most formidable Body of Horse Foot and train of Artillery that was ever seen in this Kingdom His Majesty was pleased to order the Major General Kirk with three Regiments of Foot and a Regiment of Horse and Dragoons to make their advance before the Army on whose approach the Enemy not only quitted a very advantagious Pass which they had fortified through the Mountains in their passage betwixt Newry and Dundalk though the Sabbath-day before they made some advantage of that very Pass and on the major-Major-Generals further advance they as tamely quitted the Town of Dundalk after they had spent their whole Winter in making a strong and regular Circumvallation about that Town and had made that destruction of the Buildings that what was left was indeed but a strong C●●●adel yet this as well as the aforesaid Pass they left without the least opposition and drew the whole body of their Army consisting as was reported of 35000 to their Garrison of Atherdee And finding his Majesty and his Army Encamping in this place within six Miles of their Army and they hearing Lieutenant-General Dowglas to be 〈…〉 they new 〈◊〉 Army towards Drogbedah and by two in the Afternoon left Atherdee as they had before Dundalk without ma●●ng any or the least defence Their ●●ng being as is reported told by one esteemed among them a Cunning-Woman That if he stayed the next Morning his Army would be heaten by King William's Army And one of their Generals telling them Their King 's 〈…〉 ●er to strengthen himself to secure the Boyne a River that environs almost Forty Miles round The 28th an obscure Irish Man and Woman making Enquiry for the King's Quarters were apprehended and being searcht by the private Souldiers and finding both to have Poyson about them without further Enquiry the Souldiers having half hang'd the Woman she confessed a French Captain gave them both the Poison and advised them to poison the Springs near the King or where those about him use to Drink This Confession and the Poyson found upon them caused the Rabble without further proof to hang both outright The same Morning the King went to view Atherdee which as Dundalk is left standing but the Buildings all wasted and left without an Inhabitant The 29th of June at Two in the Morning the King decamped and marcht towards Drohedagh unto Atherdee The 30th the King by break of day decampt and encamped that day on the North-side of the Boyne right against the Enemy and within reach of their Cannon which had like to have been of fatal Consequence his Majesty being strook with one of the Balls upon his right Shoulder which carried away Coat Wastcoat Shirt and raz'd the Skin notwithstanding which the King continued on Horsback until Dinner and after some Application made mounted again until night Tuesday July the first the Army being drawn up at their several Posts Count 〈◊〉 Pass when Eight Squardrons of Horse defended it but he soon beat them off passed the For● and draw up his men on the other side After which with a little loss all the Passes were gained and our Army got on the other side engaged with the Enemy whose Foot made no great Defence the Horse did well and made a good Retreat being carried of by Count Ca●zun In Conclusion the King Routed them from Hill to Hill for seven Miles round and having obtained an intire Victory slept that night in the Princes Coach I shall not trouble you with Particulars of this great Action for that you have it by Express only must tell you we have lost the never to be forgotten General his Grace the Duke of Schonbergh and Mr. Walker late Governour of London-Derry both shot in gaining a Pass by Noon Wednesday July the 2d the King and all the Army blessed God for their Victory and his Majesty sent Summons 〈◊〉 Dr●●●edagh which on Thursday the 3d. surrendred upon Discretion In were two Regiments and vast Stores The same day the Duke of 〈◊〉 entred the City of Dublin with six hundred Horse and a Body of Foot where he was joyfully received and is made Governour On Friday the 4th the King marched for Dublin and Encampt in the Park two miles short thereof where his Majesties Tent is set up c. On Saturday his Majesty entred the City and was received with all possible Demonstrations of Joy from a delivered People His Majesty caused all Persons to be set at Liberty and other Matters and returned to the Camp that Night And as a Person of Quality saith who was in Dublin on Saturday at Three a Clock the King did intend on Sunday to heat a Sermon preach'd in Dublin and to Dine in the City of which our next Letters will give a particular Accompt ADVERTISEMENT A True Relation of the Cruelties and Barbarities of the French upon the English Prisoners of War Being a Journal of their Travels from Dinan in Britany to Thoulon in Province And back again With a Description of the Situation and Fortifications of all the Eminent Towns upon the Road and their Distance Of their Prisons and Hospitals and the Number of the Men that died under their Cruelty With the Names of many of them and the places of their Deaths and Burials With an Account of the great Charity and Sufferings of the poor Protestants of France And other Material Things that bap●ed on the Way Faithfully and Impartially performed by Richard Strutton being an Eye-Witness and a Fellow Sufferer Printed for Richard Baldwin in the Old Baily London Printed for R. Baldwin in the Old-Bailey 1690.