15. following After the taking these two Places part of the Irish Army in Kenny made several Incursions and burnt all the Towns and Villages of the Counties of Lymerick and Cork and the Enemies gave leave to several Protestants to come from Lymerick where all Provisions were very scarce In Novemb. General Ginkle returns to Dublin In Decemb. several Rapperees were got to the end of the Bog of Allen about 12 miles from Dublin it being about 40 miles in length and having several woody Islands from whence they plundered all the adjacent Country but Coll. Fouks drove them from their Posts Several small Skirmishes happened in the Winter between the English and the Rapperees wherein the first obtained divers notable advantages though generally their Parties were much inferiour to the Enemy which was a great disheartning to them May 7. 1691. The whole Army took the Field under General Ginkle and the Irish were busie in making preparations for their defence having a new French General named St. Ruth sent them who issued out all Orders in K. Lewis's name and required the Irish Officers to take new Commissions under the French King in prosecution of the design of subjecting Ireland to France The first place the English attempted was Ballymore seated upon an high Tongue of him Land jetting out into a Lake and strengthned with several Fortifications five Batteries were raised against it and the next morning the General sent a Messenger to the Governour That if the Garrison would surrender within two hours he would save their lives and receive them as Prisoners of War if not that they should expect no Quarter The Governour would not return a direct Answer in hopes of better Terms Whereupon sâ—veral breaches were made which put them into such a Consternation that divers white Flags were hung out and May 9 the Garrison surrendred out of which marched above 1000 Souldiers and Rapparees and about 600 Women and Children June 18. The Army marched from Bally more and the next day came before Athlone and thought it very strange to see none but French Colours in four parts of an Irish Garrison A Battery of ten Guns was instantly planted which were so well directed that in a few hours the Bastion against which they played was laid in Ruines and the reupon General Ginkle ordered an Assault to be made The Enemy seemed at first resolved to have maintained the Breach but upon fight of the Hand-granadoes they fled in great confusion to the other side of the Town which was divided by a River so that the English had nothing to do but to enter not 20 of our Men being wounded and some few slain One part of the Town being thus taken the Cannon played with great success upon the Castle and the Enemies Works on the other side the River the Trish having bâ—â—â—en down the Stone-Bridge But the General resolved to ford the River â—o get to thâ—â— and accordingly June 30. the Sigâ— being given by ringing the Church-Bell 1500 Granadiers with whom M. G. Talmash went that day as Voluntier entred the Water the Enemy at first fired very smartly but the English wading up to the breasts in Water with continual Huzzaing adâ—ancâ—d under the smoak and shelter of their own Cannon and coming to the other fide they threw their Granadoes so furiâ—â—sâ—â— that the Enemy abandoned their Posts and Trenches and 〈…〉 an hour we were entirely Mastors of the Town 〈…〉 Enâ—mies Works and the Ruins of the Castle M. G. 〈…〉 divers other Officers with 200 common Souldiers 〈…〉 Prisoners and near 1200 kill'd on the place besides 〈◊〉 Officers of note the rest escaped over the Ramparts and 〈◊〉 to the Enemies Camp from whence some Battalions were coming to their relief but meeting the Fugitives and receiving 〈◊〉 warm Salute from those Works which were so lately their own they retreated to their Camp The English in this unparallel'd Action had not above 20 slain and 30 wounded The Irish Army upon reducing the Town decamped in the night and retreated ten Miles off the English followed them and having passed a River that lay between them and the Enemy near Agrim after some Skirmishing they drove in their Out-Guards the English Cannon having in the mean time dislodged the Rebels Horse from the end of a nartow Lane that leads to Agrim The Irish drew down great Bodies of Horse and Foot from their Camp which was advantagiously placed and strongly posted behind the high Banks that lay one beyond another and fell upon the Left Wing of the English and had a warm Dispute with our Foot for two hours but at last the Rebels gave ground notwithstanding new supplies of Horse and Foot were continually sent to relieve and second those that gave way but the English Courage surmounted all dangers who charged so bravely up the Hills upon the Squadrons of the Enemy that they put them to an absolute Rout and pursued them about four Miles the Night preventing them from following farther it being fix in the Evening before they Engaged and eight before they took their flight The Irish were never known to fight with more Resolution especially the Foot but it was their last Effort wherein the gasping Honour of the choice of all the Catholick Nobility and Gentry in the Kingdom strove to do their utmost And befides their number was much superior to ours being no less than 20000 Foot and 8000 Horse and Dragoons with all the advantage imaginable that the scituation of ground could afford them so that nothing but the Blessing of God and the superior Valour and Conduct of the English could have wrested such a compleat Victory out of their hands Of the Enemy 8000 were slain upon the place and among them the French General St. Ruth who was kill'd by a Cannon Bullet the Lord Galloway and several others of Quality about 500 were taken Prisoners among whom were the principal Commanders in the Army with 12 Standards and 30 Colours After the Battle the General sent Brigadier Epinger with 1000 Horse and Dragoons to seize Portumney where the Rebels had a great Magazine of Provisions who soon possest himself of it and the next day the Fort and Castle of Bomâ—ker surrendred whereby the English became Masters of all the Passes upon the Shannon except Lymerick and those within 8 Miles of it July 17. The Army came before Galloway and the General sent a Trumpet to the Lord Dillon Governour of the Town that he should have Quarter and Pardon pursuant to the Lords Justices Proclamation which he sent him if he surrendâ—ed before the Cannons were bronght to fire upon the Garrison His Answer was That Mons d'Vssone who commanded was of the same Opinion with him and the rest of the Officers and that they resolved to defend the Place to the last Upon which the English instantly made their approaches with such vigour that they took a Fort upon an Hill which commanded a Valley between them and the Town without the loss of
one Man and then crost over the River is two Boats so suddenly that the Enemy were frighted into a Treaty Balderick O Donnel who designed to throw his Brigade into the place being prevented of his intentions by the prudent management of the General so that July 26. the City of Galloway was actually surrendred Monfieur d'Vssone according to his desire marching out incognâ—â—o some hours before August 25. The Army came before Lymerick and soon after several Batteries were raised against the Ciâ—y The General hearing that some Regiments of the Enemies Horse and Rapparees were drawn together in Kerry about sixteen Miles off he sent away Brigadier Levison with Five hundred Horse and Dragoons in pursuit of them which they did so effectually that few of them escaped The English at the Siege advanced to Cromwell's Fort the Enemy quitting both that and their Line of Communication to the Church and returned to their Rettenchments near the Town About the same time the Earl of Tyrconnel died as was certainly said out of anguish of mind to see the ruinous condition of his Masters Affairs and was buried at Lymerick The General having notice that Coll. Henry Lutterel was seized by order of the French Lieutenant General d'Vssâ—ne for having made some Proposals for a Surrender and that he was sentenced to death by a Court Martial he sent word to the Monsieur by a Trumpet That if any Man were put to death for having a mind to come over to the English he would revenge it double upon the Irish Prisoners which prevented his death Several Forts and Castles about the Town were daily taken in and the Batteries play'd continually upon the City which set it on fire in divers places and ruined the Walls and Castle About the same time the Irish having put between two and three hundred Protestants into a little Island in the Shannon under a sufficient Guard their sad and sâ—arved condition so moved the compassion of the Irish Officers who guarded them and were also desirous to go over to the English that they sent to Major Stroud who was posted hard by with some of that Militia to let him know their Intentions Upon which the Major went over with a Party in small Boats and brought away both the Guards and Prisoners who were almost starved for want of food in a place where they had only two pitiful Hutts to shelter them from the Cold and Rain Sept. 8. A great Battery of 22 Pieces of Cannon began to play very early in the Morning and in a short time made a Breach of above thirty yards in the English Town and firing without intermission made terrible havock dismounting the Enemies Cannon set the English Town several times on fire and laid the greatest part in râ—bbish Some of the Bombs fell into the Enemies Stores burnt two of their Magazines of Bisket one of Brandy and one of Powder so that they were fore't to remove the remainder into the Irish Town Sept. 15. The Lord Lisburn was killed by a Cannon-Ball and two days after Sâ—ego was taken by the Earl of Granard the Garrison consisting of five or fix hundred Men who left in the place sixteen Pieces of Cannon thirty Barrels of Powder with Shot and Provisions proportionable One Captain Taaffe came out of Lymerick to the English and informed the General that the English Town was utterly ruined that the Cannon and Bombs had killed a great number of the Garrison who were reduced to Six thousand Foot and very ill clad General Ginkle having resolved that part of the Army should pass the Shannon and remove the Irish Horse which lay in the County of Clare and so shut up the Town on that side to conceal his design he ordered the heavy Cannon to be drawn off and shipt and quitted several Castles as if he intended to raise the Siege which the Enemy observing expressed tehir Joy by loud and repeated Shouts But the same night the Pontins were secretly laid over the Shannon and by break of day the Royal Regiment of Dragoons and a Detatchment of Horse passed the River undiscovered Brigadier Clifford lay with four Regiments of Dragoons to have prevented their Landing but when he perceived they were got over he brought down all his Men on foot their Horses being at Grass to make what opposition they could but were presently routed and for hast threw away their Arms leaving behind them all their Tents Baggage Saddles and other Accoutrements with two Pieces of Cannon and a Standard These frequent Successes much intimidated the Enemy and the French that were in Lymerick had some time before endeavoured to get away but a Squadron of English and Dutch men of War and the Provision and Ammunition Ships from Kingsale being by the Generals Orders come into the Shan on they returned back again but a Vessel on Board which were St. Ruths goods and plunder attempting to get out of the Shannon was taken by one of their Majesties Frigates Septem 22. The General passed the Shannon with a strong Party of Horse Dragoons and Foot and 14 pieces of Cannon who were drawn up before the Irish Town notwithstanding the continual fire of the Enemy and then Ordered them to attack the Fort that secured Thomond Bridge The Beseiged at the same time sending 2 great Detachments to inforce and second the Irish that defended it However the English went on with such courage and bravery that they beat them from theirworks and forc't them to fly toward the Town but the Governour fearing the Victorious English would enter with them durst not let down the Draw-bridge to receive them which occasioned a great slaughter of the vanquisht Irish so that nothing was to be seen from the foot of Thomond Bridge to the Draw-bridge but heaps of dead bodies 600 of the Enemy were slain and 130 taken Prisoners and among them many several great Officers Whilst the conflict endured the Irish played very furiously with their great and small shot and the mettal of the English precipitating them too far exposed them to the Enemies fire whereby many more were killed than would have been otherwise so that near 300 were slain and wounded though not any one of remark The next day afternoon the Enemy beat a Parley on both sides the River and desired a truce to be continued for three days that they might send to their Horse which lay about Clare to know upon what conditions they desired to be comprehended in the Capitulation Sept. 25. Collonel Sheldon and other Irish Officers came into the English Camp and from thence to Lymerick The next day Sarsfeild and Nohop dined with the General and the Ld Cutts and Sir David Collier Coll. Tiffany and Coll. Piper were sent as Hostages into the Town and four Irish Lords remained in the Camp as Hostages for the Garrison Sept. 27 The Irish sent them out their Proposals which the General not approving instead of an Answer sent back 12 other Articles which was all
The Fort of Culmore had some time before been Deserted by Captain Jemmat the Governor by Order of Collonel Lundy and a few Irish possest themselves of it but it was soon Recovered by a small Artifice Divers Skirmishes happened between the 2 Armies during the Siege particularly May 6. in a Sally made by the Besiegers wherein 200 of the Enemy were killed and 500 wounded 300 of whom dyed in a few days of their wounds and among others General Mommune a French Man with other Officers of Note The Enemy now remove their Main Body from St. Johnstown and pitch their Tents about 2 Miles from Derry on an Hill placing such strict Guards on all sides of the Town that the Besieged found it impossible to Convey or Receive any intelligence and difficult to come by the Wells of water which they often sought for and cost some of them their Blood June 4. The Enemy with a Body of Horse and Foot made an Attack on the Windmill Works beginning with a loud Huzza which was seconded from all parts of of the Camp with most dreadful Screicks and Howlings of a Numerous Rabble that attended their Army The Faggot Men were forced to quit their New Defence which they laid before them for Security against the Shot and run for it Captain Butler with 30 Horse mounted the Works but none of his Men falling though shot at the Besieged found they had Armour and therefore kill'd their Horses whereby only 3 Troopers escapt The Irish Foot did not run away so fast as usual which was wondred at till it was observed that in their Retreat they took the Dead on their Backs to secure themselves from the Shot which was more secure than when they were alive the Enemy in this Action lost 400 Men most of their Officers kill'd and some made Prisoners the Befieged had only six Souldiers and a Captain killed June 15. A Fleet of 30 Sail came into the Lough from England but to prevent their coming up to the Town the Enemy Contrived a Boom of Timber joyned with Iron Chains and a Cable of 12 Inches and afterward another of which the Besieged had an account by some Prisoners taken which very much discouraged them for they doubted whether the Fleet at the first fight of which they were very joyful would be able to get up with the Provisions which they so extreamly wanted insomuch that the Men where they could find an Horse a Grazing neer the Windmill would kill and eat him The Enemy upon the appearing of the Ships seemed to be in a mighty Consternation pulling down their Tents and the Soldiers changing their red Coats ran away but the Terror was soon over when they saw them make no great Attempt to come up though they had both Wind and Tyde to assist them and thereupon they raised Batteries to hinder them and made the Boom aforementioned June 24. Rosen the French Marshal General Arrived in the Camp and finding so little progress in the Siege he Swore by the Belly of God he would Demolish the Town and bury the Besieged in the Ashes and put all to the Sword without Consideration of Age or Sex and Study the most Exquisite Torments to lengthen out the misery of those that opposed his Command but providence disappointed his Cruel Malice and delivered the poor Protestants out of his bloody Hands The Besieged used all possible endeavours to get intelligence from the Ships by making many signs from the Steeple by Cannon Shot and by drawing in their Flag to represent their Distressed condition to them but all proved ineffectual At length June 25 One Roch who got to the Water side over against them and then Swam cross the River came and gave them an account of the Ships Men Provision and Arms in them for their Relief adding That it was desired that if he got safe to Town to give them in the Ships notice of it by 4 Guns from the Steeple which was accordingdingly done They endeavoured to send back to M. Gen. Kirk and one went to that purpose but was taken and hanged by the Enemy The Besieged were more streightned every day by the Enemy their Iron Balls being now spent so that they were obliged to make Balls of Brick covered over with lead June 30. The L. Clancarty at the Head of a Regiment possesses himself of a Line and enters some Miners in a low Cellar but the Besieged fired so briskly upon them that his Lordship was forced to quit his Post and leave his Miners and 100 of his best Men dead on the place which much discouraged the Irish who had a Prophecy among them that a Clancarty should knock at the Gates of Derry but we see that little value is to be put either upon Irish Prophecies or Courage The same day Governor Baker dyed which was a sensible loss to the Garrison and generally lamented being a valiant Person who in all his Actions shewed the greatest Honour Courage and Conduct And now Rosen sends a Letter into the Town that if they did not Surrender by 6 a Clock Afternoon July 1. he would Order all the Protestants in the adjacent Towns to be driven under the Walls of Derry where they should perish if not Relieved by the Besieged that he would destroy all the Country if any Troops came to their Relief But if the Garrison would become Royalisss as he termed it and deliver on any Tolerable Conditions he would protect them from all injuries and give them his Favour The Besieged received all these Proposals with Contempt and some Indignation having before made an Order That it should be Death to mention a Surrender the Enemy drive the poor Protestants according to their Threatning under the Walls and the Besieged thinking them Enemies fired on them but were mightily pleased to hear that Divine providence had spared them and that their shot had kill'd 3 of the Enemy There were some thousands of them which so inraged the Besieged that in sight of their Camp they erected a Gallows threatning to hang their Friends that were Prisoners unless they were removed and sent home again The Prisoners themselves Reproached the Irish declaring they could not blame the Besieged for putting them to Death seeing their People exercised such Severity and Cruelty upon the poor Protestants that were under protection The sight of the Gallows and the importunity of some Friends of those that were to suffer at length prevailed so that July 4 the poor People had leave to return home the Enemy had now advanced so near the Town that the Besieged from the Works could talk with the Irish who exprest great prejudice and hatred against the French cursing those Damn'd Fellows that watched in Trunks meaning their Jack Boots who had all Preferments in the Army that fell and took the Bread out of their Mouths and they believed would have all the Kingdom to themselves at last July 11. The Enemy called for a Parley and sent one to know if
the English whereas the Dutch kept themselves so clean and warm that not above 11 of them dyed the whole Campaign A Remarkable Passage happened a year before near Dundalk which seemed to presage this great destruction of Men A worthy Gentleman with 2 others and their Servants coming from Dublin to the North as they approached Dundalk about 9 at Night espyed several little Trinkling Lights in the Air with 2 larger then the rest about the ground where the English Army Incampt this year and at the same time they heard the most heavy and dismal Groans in the World which continued till they came to Newry but the Lights they saw only upon the Plains of Dundalk Nov. 23. The Enemy with a Detachment of 1600 Men and 100 Voluntiers Attempted to force the Pass at Newry and then designed to go along the Line and destroy the Frontier Garrisons there were not above 60 English in the Town and not 40 of those able to present a Musquet who yet fired upon them so briskly and affrighted them with such load Huzza's that the Irish imagining their number far greater then they were fled leaving 6 Men dead and carrying off 12 Horsload of dead and wounded Men. Dec. 4. Collonel Woolsely went in the Night with a Party of Inniskilling Horse toward Belturbet upon whose Approach the Garrison being Surprized yielded to the first Summons Soon after â—eutenant General Mackarty made his escape from Inniskilling where he was Prisoner he pretended to be sick and desired the Duke to remove his Guards which was granted and the Town standing on a Lough the water came to the Door whereupon he found means to Corrupt a Serjeant and got 2 small Boats to carry him and his Moveables the Serjeant went along with him but returned that Night to deliver a Letter which with Mackarty's Pass being found in the Lining of his Haâ— he was the next day shot for it The Duke was much concerned at the News and said He took him for a Man of Honour but he would not expect that in an Irishâ—an any more In February 〈◊〉 Woolsely with 700 Foot and 300 Horse Routed a Body of 4000 Irish at Cavan killing about 300 Soldiers and several Officers and 60 Soldiers with 12 Officers were made Prisoners and all with the loss only of 30 Men. and 2 Captains Feb. 15. Sir John Lanier with a â—arty of 1000 Horse Foot and Dragoons went from Newâ—y toward Dundalk which the Enemy had Fortified very well since the English left it and therefore he did not think fit to Attempt it however he drew up near the Town upon which the Irish came out but soon retired and the Major General burnt the West part of the Town and took Bedloe Castle with 30 Prisoners and the Ensign that Commanded it and returned with a Booty of nigh 1500 Cows and Horses The Ensign was arryed before the General at Lisburn who took him aside to inquire about the posture of the Enemy you says the Duke have a Commission and for that reason if not otherwise you are a Gentleman this obligeth you to speak truth which if you do not I can know it by examining other Prisoners and then I shall have no good Opinion of you But though the Duke talked with him half an hour it was thought he discovered little material In March 400 Danes Landed at Belfast with the P. of Wirtemburg their General being lusty Fellows well Clothed and Armed The same Month about 5000 French Foot Landed at Kingsale with 2 Generals the Count de Lauzun and the Marquess de Lery K. James sending back as many Irish under L. General Mackarty Our Fleet then attending the Queen of Spain made this undertaking very easy to the French before they arrived some of the Irish Nobility in Discourse with K. James said to him Sir Is not the French Fleet in danger to be met with by the English to which he Replyed That he during his time had taken care that the English should not have any great strength by Sea and now to Equip and set out a Fleet would be tedious besides the Expences and that he did not doubt but the French would master them As soon as these Forces Landed at Cork above 500 of them dyed of some Pestilent Distemper the rest being come to Dublin General Lauzun sent to the Governor Lutterel to deliver the Keys of the City and Castle to him pursuant to K. James's promise to his Master to give him possession of Dublin and all the strong places in Ireland Lutter Replyed he would first acquaint the King and accordingly accompanyed the I. Mayor and Aldermen to Address the King telling him that they had hitherto ventured their Lives and Fortunes in his Defence and therefore hoped he would still confide in them to govern Dublin and would not make them absolute Subjects to the French King To whom he Replyed That he had ingaged his Word to his Brother Lewis that Lauzun should have the Government of Dublin and could not recede from it Thereupon the Keys of the City were delivered but the French would not Mount the Guards till they had likewise the Keys of the Castle which were likewise given them and so they possest themselves of the City and Castle swearing they had no King but King Lewis nor would they obey any other and under him their General Lauzun from thence they grew very insolent to Protestants and as they passed by any of the Clergy threatned them severely So that they consulted to Disguise themselves in Frize Coats for security against these French Vultures they had not been above 2 days in Dublin when they Murthered 2 or 3 Protestant Clothiers in the City at a place called Comb for Protecting their Wives from being Ravished of which Inhuman Act no more notice was taken than if 2 Dogs had been shot they took a Country Maid that came to Market with her Father and defloured her in the open Street at Noon-day Many such Barbarous Villainies were committed by them There being above 10000 Protestant Men in Dublin able to bear Arms besides Women and Children and being barred the Liberty of the Markets by the French who would not sell Bread to the Protestants as the Irish Papist Soldiers did it was almost a Miracle that thousands had not perished Many of the sober Papists were also sensible of their rudeness and grew mighty dejected often complaining to their King of the disdainful Treatment they received from the French who called them Ten Thousand Cowards and said they were beaten by a Priest and a few Boys meaning the Valiant Collonel Walker and those Marchless Hero's that Defended London-Derry and that De Avaux the French Ambossador said to General Lauzun upon his Landing you are come to be a Sacrifice for a poor Spirited and Cowardly People whose Soldiers will never fight and whose Officers would never obey Orders and therefore will meet with the same Fate that our Masters Army did at Candia that is
Hedge and afterward quitted the Hedge which the rest that were posted thereabout seeing they likewise fled and were followed by a volley of shot from our Men When on a suddain a great many Battasions of the Enemy appeared from behind the little Hills we had two French Regiments and one English who passed the River at the same time about 200 yards below and routed those that opposed them The Dutch Advanced still and the Irish quitted the Hedges and Van stragling up and down the Field All our Horse went over to the Right and Left except one Squadron of Danes whom Lieut. Coll. Hamilton charged so home with 60 Horse that they came faster back than they went The want of Horse was so apparent here that the very Country People cryed out Horse Horse which word going to the Right Wing who thought it had been Halt stopt them nigh half an hours time which with about 40 Irish Horse breaking through the French Regiment at the same time was thought to be the occasion of D. Schombergs going over so unseasonably for in this Hurry he was killed near a little Village beyond the River The Irish Troopers as they rid through struck at him with their Swords and some believe that his own Men firing too hastily when the Duke was before them shot him themselves his Mortal Wound was through the Neck and he had one or two Cuts in the Head he fell down and did not speak a word Dr. Walker going as was said to look after the Duke was shot in the Belly The Action continued very hot for about an Hour but then the Irish Retreated to a rising ground drew up to Charge our Party again that had passed the River The Danish and Dutch Horse with Collonel Woolselys Horse and Dragoons and likewise the Danish Foot and Collonel Cuts Regiment now got over the River The King during these Transactions was almost every where riding between our Army and theirs and giving the necessary Orders attended only with one Dragoon and then passed the River with some difficulty for his Horse being Bog'd on the other side he was forc'd to alight till a Gentleman helpt him to get his Horse out when the Men were got on the other bank and put in order his Majesty drew his Sword but with some Trouble by reason of his wounded Arm and Marched before them toward the Enemy who were coming in good Order upon our Foot with double the number and charged several times at the Head of them Our Horse were forced to give ground though the King was with them His Majesty then went to the Inniskilliners and askt what they would do for him and advanced before them Their Officer told them who it was and at the Head of these Men the King received the Enemies fire The Danish Horse once gave way but the K. went himself and brought them up again o◠the Irish K. James's Horse and Foot Guards principally maintained this Opposition and suffered much Lieutenant General Hamilton who had been imployed by K. William betrayed his Trust finding the Irish Food did not answer his Expectation he put himself at the Head of the Horse and when they were Defeated he was taken Prisoner having received a wound on the Head and brought to the K. who askt him whether the Irish would fight any more Yes said he and please your Majesty upon my Honour I believe they will for they have a good Body of Horse still The King lookt a little aside at him and repeated once or twice your Honour c. intimating that he had but little left who had forfeited it by joyning with Tyrconnel and this was all the Rebuke the K. gave him who always says much in few words for his unfaithfulness in the mean time the Irish being beaten from the Pass the English hastned towards the Body of the Enemy that were posted at Duleek and as they Advanced the Enemy drew off with such speed that they left a great many Arms and Ammunition behind in that Village and before our Horse could come up to Attack them they were gone at least a mile before their Horse and Ammunition in the Reer and their Foot Marching in great hast and Confusion we persued them 3 Miles but did not Attack them by reason of the Boggy Fields and Ditches Of the Irish were killed the Lords Dungan and Carlingford and many other Officers with about 1500 Men it was observed that most of the Horsemen who charged so desperately were drunk with Brandy of which each Man that Morning had half a pint for his own share Of the English were killed nigh 400 but the greatest loss was of D. Schomberg whom his very Enemies acknowledged a brave Man and a great General He was certainly a Man of excellent Education who was throughly acquainted with Men and things Courteous and Civil to all and yet had always something so great that commanded respect from all Persons A strong hearty Man though 82 years old and when unbowelled his Heart Entrails and Brain were as fresh and sound as a Man of 〈◊〉 and might have probably lived longer if providence had not ordered it otherwise K. James during part of the Action stood at a little Old Church upon an Hill but when he saw how matters went he Marcht to Duleek and from thence to Dublin The first News at that place was That K. James had got the Day Our General was killed and the P. of Orange as they called him taken Prisoner that the French Fleet was in the Bay of Dublin That a French Express was come from Waterford with the News of taking the Isle of Wight by the French and of their being gone to Dover This was very Afflicting to the poor Protestants who were all confined to their Houses but towards night some that had made their escape upon tyred Horses brought word That the Irish were much worsted and others That they were Totally routed near 10 a Clock that Night K. J. came in with about 200 Horse all in Disorder they concluded now that it was an absolute Defeat and that the English were just ready to come into the Town but were greatly Surprised when an hour or 2 after they heard the whole Body of the Irish Horse coming in in very good Order with kettle Drums Hautboys and Trumpets and early the next Morning the French and a great part of the Irish Foot who being a little rested Marched out again to meet the English that were supposed to draw nigh When K. James came to the Castle Gate the Lady Tyrconnel met him and after he was up stairs askt him what he would have for his Supper Who then gave her an account what a Breakfast he had got which made him have but little Stomach to his Supper Next Morning July 2d about 5 a Clock K. J. sent for the Irish Lord Mayor and some Principal Persons to the Castle and told them That in England he had an Army which durst have