were 25000 strong that they had sent away some of their heaviest Baggage in order as they gave out to Fight us The King command the Count de Schonberg to march with all the Horse and Dragoons of the first and second Line of the Right Wing in all about 5000 and the Brigade of Trelawny and to pass the River about four Miles from the Camp further up the River by Slane where had been a Battery of the Irish but they were drawn off and only 800 Dragoons guarded the Ford this was done in order to take the Enemy in the Flank while the rest of our Army pass'd it nearer Drogheda over against their Camp which the Enemy perceiving they marched part of their Army to oppose the Count de Schonberg who had already broke some of their Squadrons of Horse and Dragoons that advanced to hinder his passing the River and drew them up in Battalia about a Mile and a half from the place where he had pass'd the River In passing this Ford our Men were forced to go down a verp steep Hill and uneven way yet the Irish Horse and Dragoons at the foot of the Ford only once fired and retreated to a greater Body who were coming to their assistance The King being informed of what had passed on that side sent Lieutenant General Douglas with two Brigades of Foot to reinforce the Count de Schonberg who thereupon changed his Order of Battle making a Wing of Horse on his Right and another on his Left and placing the Foot in the middle In this posture he marched towards the Enemy after some small resistance put them into disorder and followed them fighting as far as the Village called Duleek The Earl of Portland and Monsieur Overkirke had part in this Action as Mareschals de Camp mean time the King caused the rest of the Foot of the first Line consisting of the Brigades of la Meloniere which was on the Right of Hanner and the Danes to march to the Ford wheae Douglas was posted the day before on the Right over against the Village before mentioned near Drogheda which at this time had a Garrison of 800 Irish The three Battalions of the Dutch Guards were at the head of them and pass'd the Ford on the Right over against the Village before-mentioned from whence they beat the Enemy that were posted there The Battalion of la Melionere followed them on the Left and these four Battalions being the first that passed the River suffered pretty much of the latter there were five Officers killed and eight wounded and about Sixty Soldiers killed and wounded Monsieur Calimote followed the Dutch Guards with his Detachment of 600 Men whereof mention was made before and after them the Regiment of Cambon And here it was that Colonel Calimote receiv'd a Shot of which he is since dead and several of his Officers were killed upon the place Duke Schonberg headed the Dutch Foot Guards and the King the Inniskilling Horse telling them they should be his Guards that day Some of the Irish Horse oppos'd the Dutch Foot who fought up to the middle in Water and were almost born down before some Horse which they long called for could come to their relief It was in passing this Ford that Dr. Walker famous for the Siege of Derry was killed The Brigade of Hanmer passed next the Count de Nassau being at the head of them as Major-General and the Danes passed on their Left Commanded by the Prince of Wirtembergh After these passed the Horse of the Left Wing but in the mean time some of the Enemies Squadrons as before mentioned advanced and Attacked our Foot And a Squadron of the Enemies Guard du Corps pierced with great Vigour as far as a little Villige where we lost our great General his Grace the Duke of Schonberg who advanced thither to observe the Enemies motion Those that were about his Grace had before done all they could to perswade him to retire from thence but they could not prevail with him He was killed with a Carbine shot in the Neck and three Cuts over the Head and one on his Face Captain Foubert who was next to him and had likewise receiv'd a Wound in the Arm got from his Horse to help the Duke but he died immediately without speaking a word By this time the King had got over the River who in passing it with his Horse himself engaging in the thickest met with the like opposition The Danish Horse once gave way but the King went himself and brought them up again and at the head of the Horse Charged the Enemy who after some resistance retired Fighting Commanded by Lieutenant General de la Hoquelle and Lieutenant General Hamilton Monsieur de Lazun being with the Body who made head against the Count de Schonberg the late King James himself not Engaging but standing at the Reer of them on a rising ground out of harms way The Enemy retreated from Defile to Defile our Horse pursuing them as far as Duleâ—k where the King with the Forces he had with them joyned those of the Count de Schonberg The Enemy retired about three Miles farther and there posted themselves in every advantageous place and the King followed them with his Horse and Dragoons and Orders were given to Attack them there but it being very late and the Fight having lasted from Ten in the Morning till Nine at Night His Majesty did not think fit to engage the Troops any farther but ordered the Horse and Dragoons to remain in Arms all Night He returned to Duleek where the Foot Encampt But in the Night the Enemy retired in great Confusion we took their Baggage and eight Pieces of Cannon July 2. The King sent Monsieur de la Meloniere Brigadier General with a Detachment of 300 Foot and 1000 Horse with 8 Pieces of Cannon to invest Drogheda Being arrived there the Governour receiv'd the first Summons with great Contempt but the King sending him word That if they forc'd his Cannon to be fired on them he would not give them any Quarter This so frighted the Governour that having kept the Trumpeter some time he returned this Answer That he would Surrender the place upon fair Capitulation viz. To March out with Arms and Baggage Colours flying c. but otherwise he would defend the place to the last Extremity Meloniere sent him word That his Orders were only to suffer them to march out without Arms and that he must quickly resolve whether he would accept of this Offer In the mean time Monsieur de la Meloniere had caused two Batteries to be raised which would be ready the next Morning by break of Day But the Officers of the Garrison after having consulted together resolved to yield and the Capitulation being Signed they delivered up a Gate and marched out about an hour after between thirteen and fourteen hundred Men and were conducted to Athlone the Officers being permitted to wear their Swords After which Monsieur
them Talk with their damn'd Irish Brogue on their Tongues but they were separated from us by a Bog which was very deep and so scituated that we could not possibly Attack them This Night it was resolved at a Council of War that the Army should March towards the Town in order to Battle for we understood as you have heard That the Country being very close and full of Hedges and Ditches the Enemy had lined them to defend the approaches to the Town Accordingly the next day being the 9th our whole Army Decamped by Five in the Morning Colonel Earl leading the Van with Two Hundred Horse and Dragoons and One Thousand chosen Foot out of all the Regiments in the Army both English and Forreigners Upon our approach we found the Enemy drawn up within Two Miles of the City of Lymerick whereupon Colonel Earl ordered his advanced Troops to make a Halt until the rest were come up Then our Horse pushed them for near a Mile their Horse at first made a shew as if they would make vigorous Resistance and stood our first Charge but soon afterwards gave way when they threw themselves behind the Hedges and Fired so from thence that our Horse could not come to them Upon which we brought some small Field-Pieces to Fire upon them and at the same time the 1000 Detached Foot were ordered to Attack them Accordingly about One a Clock Colonel Earl led on his Foot who run on with that Bravery tho' the Enemy made a great Fire through the Hedges and continued this sort of Fighting for Two Hours advancing within Four Hundred yards of the Town and possessing themselves of Two advantagious Posts called Ireton's-Fort and the Old Kirk and such was the Bravery Courage and Resolution of our Men that their Officers could hardly stop them there notwithstanding they were told it was His Majesty's Express Order Then the Besieged began to Fire from the Town with their Great Guns which killed us some Men but in all this days Action we had not above 35 Killed and Wounded tho' above 250 of the Enemy were Killed in their several Retreats among which were several Officers of Note besides divers taken Prisoners Our Pioneers were imployed most part of the Afternoon in levelling the great number of Trenches the Enemy had cast up for their Defence Between Six and Seven in the Evening His Majesty ordered a Trumpeter to be sent with a Summons to the Town and as the Deserters hath since Informed us a great part of the Garrison with some of the Officers were for Capitulating but Monsieur Boiseleau who is Governor Duke of Berwick and Colonel Lutterel c. resolutely oppos'd it making a Speech to the Garrison of the great Divisions there were in England and that 50000 French had made a descent and said the Prince of Orange would be obliged to draw off His Army in few days to defend the Kingdom of England and thereupon prevailed upon them to stand to their Arms. The Trumpeter was sent back with this Answer from Monsieur Boiseleau the Governor That as King James had intrusted him with that Garrison he would recommend himself to the Prince of Orange by a vigorous Defence About Eight at Night the King went to his Camp a little Mile from the Town having been on Horseback from Four in the Morning giving the necessary Orders and exposing himself amidst the greatest of dangers wherein His Royal Highness the Prince of Denmark did every where accompany His Majesty The Cannon ceas'd not all the while to Play from the Town several of the Shot coming over His Majesty's Tent and some falling near it The same Evening a Party of the Royal Regiment and other Dragoons was sent to view the Ford at Annaghbeg a place about Two Miles above the Town where Six of the Enemies Regiments of Foot Three of Horse and Two of Dragoons Commanded by Berwick and Lutterel were Posted on the other side of the River with a Breast-work to cover them who all Fired upon our Men but being such extraordinary Marksmen they neither Killed nor Wounded any of them The Enemy being thus posted so very advantagiously that we expected to have met with great difficulties and opposition in passing the River which is very Rapid and the bottom Stony but the Enemy in the middle of the Night abandoned their Station with great precipitation so that Lieutenant General Ginkle and Major General Kirk who were Commanded by the King with a Detachment to force their way over passed the River the next Morning early being the 10th with about Five Thousand Horse Foot and Dragoons selected out of the several Regiments the Horse and Dragoons first and the Foot afterwards who went almost to the middle in Water and yet the River is shallower now than has been known for many Years About Eight a Clock the King went over in Person accompanied with His Royal Highness the Prince of Denmark and the Heer Bentink Earl of Portland and Monsieur Overkirk c. and Three Regiments of Foot with some Pieces of Cannon were posted there About Four in the Afternoon His Majesty upon the Information he had receiv'd by some Deserters That the Lord Tyrconnel was with a small Camp about Six Miles from Lymerick in the Road to Galway sent out a Party of Horse under the Command of a Lieutenant Colonel to get a farther account of them but they were retired from thence before our Men came up We had likewise an account this Night brought to our Camp by a Deserter That the Count De Lausun lay with his Men near the City of Galway the People there refusing to receive them into the Town The 11. was spent in visiting the several Posts and giving the necessary Orders about the Siege The 12. His Majesty Commanded Brigadeer Stewart with a Detatchment and Four Pieces of Cannon to go early this Morning and Attack Castle Connel which is of considerable Strength scituated on the Shannon about Four Miles from Lymerick There were in it above 140 Men Commanded by Captain Barnwel who had refused to Surrender upon the Summons sent him the Night before but no sooner saw the Cannon but submitted at Discretion The same day Advice came into our Camp That General Sarsfield having with 5 or 600 Horse and Dragoons passed the Shannon Nine Miles above Lymerick had about Two that Morning surprised near a place called Cullen Eight Pieces of our Cannon of 18 Pound Ball which were coming with some Waggons laden with Powder and Ball from Kilkenny under the Guard of a Squadron of Horse and a small Party of Foot The Enemy Killed all they met Men Women and Children in all about sixty the rest escaping the Women and Children that belonged to the Wagoners and Gunners they Murdered most Barbarously in their Beds they Blew up the Powder which burst Two of the Guns the other Six with the Pantons being left intire and fit for Service and they likewise Burnt some of the Carriages
de la Meloniere gave Protections to a great many Papists who expected to have been plundered and marched to joyn the Army whom we shall leave for a little time and give the Reader here an account of the Movements of the late King and his Troops and the Affairs in and about Dublin and the Protestants therein Friday June 13. The Protestants in Dublin receiv'd the certain Account of King William's Landing Before this a Camp had been laid out by the Irish about Atherdeâ— and the late King James had ordered his Army to Rendezvouz there from several parts of the Kingdom On Monday the 16th King James marched out of Dublin to joyn them with about 6000 French Foot most old Soldiers excellently well Arm'd and Clad one Regiment of these were Dutch and Protestants and were observed carefully for fear of Deserting The whole Irish Army encamped made about 36000 all well Clad and in good heart both Horse and Foot The same day King James left Dublin there marched in 6000 of the Countrey Militia and Collonel Luterel and Mac Gillicuddy as his Assistant were left Governors It was expected the Irish would have been much cast down upon King James's leaving Dublin and the certain News of King Williams's Landing but they were much the contrary they Triumphed and rejoyced as if they had got King William in a Pound and the Day were their own They were assured either that the French Fleet would cut of King William from England or that an Insurrection would be made there for we were told that an hundred thousand Men were ready to rise under the Notion of declaring for a Common-wealth The Protestants in Dublin knew not what to think of these things for they were kept as Prisoners of War and suffered to know no more nor enjoy any more than what the others pleased But this the Protestants feared most because the Irish spoke least of it that some desperate Persons had undertaken to Destroy King William as soon as he should come ashoar For the great assurance of the Irish could not be imputed to any other thing than this Some were so open as to tell their Protestant Friends very lately That they would be glad to go to Mass within this Twelve Month with several other Expressions of the like nature The great concern of the Protestants in Dublin was how they should be preserved from being Plundered and Burnt in case of the Defeat of the Irish Army this they thought could be done only by the English pursuing the Victory close for by a particular Providence the Irish had neglected all this time to fortifie Dublin or else by sending a Party by Sea to Land at the Bay at the time of the Engagement neither of which as it afterward happen'd was done But God alone preserv'd the Protestants of Dublin by an extraordinary Deliverance On Thursday June 19. After King James was gone to Encamp about Twelve at Noon the Governour ordered all Persons walking the Streets without Swords or Bayonets which was the Badge of Protestants to be taken up and secured in Parades At Night he pickt out whom he thought fit and sent them to several Prisons where they were considerably incommoded After this followed a Proclamation That not above Five Protestants should meet in any place above the Family on pain of Death By which they were from that time shut out from our Churches which by an extraordinary Providence they had enjoyed all these times except Christ Churh Most of them were frequented twice every Day at Prayers The Church-men who stayed in the City though they had lost all their Subsistance by the Irish Parliament except what People voluntarily contributed acquitted themselves with a great deal of Zeal and Diligence being particularly influenc'd by the Bishop of Meath and Dr. King Dean of St. Patricks who have been the Bulwark of the Protestants in these sad times On Tuesday 24. Dr. King was clapt up in the Castle and many other of the principal Protestants in the College which was now a Garison and other publick places The Galway Protestants being about 200 these were they of Sir Thomas Southwel's party which were lately brought to Dublin in order to be exchanged were removed from White Fryars to the Round Church and all the Newgate Prisoners were put to them where they were near stifled The Prisoners of War were brought from Kilmainham to St. John's Church the publick Contributions which hitherto had been very liberal every Lord's Day to their Relief were now intercepted and the Poor began to suffer much few Protestants daring to walk the Streets Saturday the 28th News came to Dublin That the Irish Army retreated and the English Army were come towards Droghedah and seemed to press forward for Dublin On Sunday the 29th the Irish Army came on this side the Boyne and King James as it should seem distrusting the Issue Sir Patrick Trant First Commissioner of the Revenue and another Gentleman were ordered to go from Dublin on Monday Morning to Waterford to prepare Ships July 1st Early in the Morning the Protestants in Dublin were wakened by an Alarm and the News that there would be a Battle The Gates of the City were kept strictly Guarded and the Protestants kept their Houses The Issue they expected with the greatest apprehensions Several Reports were spread abroad every Hour one while that the French Fleet were in the Bay another 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 then that the English Right Wing was quite routed then that the P. of Orange was taken Prisoner But at Five that Afternoon some that had made their escape on tired Horses told the Protestants The Irish were much worsted and others at Six That they were totally defeated from hence till One that Night all the Entries of the Town were filled with dusty wounded and tired Soldiers and Carriages perpetually coming in After these several of King James's Horse Guards came in stragling without Pistols or Swords and could not tell what was become of himself Near ten that Night he came in with about 200 Horse all in disorder The Protestants concluded now that it was a total rout and that the English Army were just ready to come into Town but were greatly Surprised when an hour or two after they heard the whole Body of the Irish Horse coming in in very good order with Kettle-Drums Haut boys and Trumpets and early the next Morning the French and a great Party of the Irish Foot These being a little rested Marched out again as they gave out to meet the Enemy which were supposed to draw nigh Wednesday July 2d About five this Mornning King James having sent for the Irish Lord Mayor and some Principle Persons to the Castle made a Speech to them to this purpose Gentlemen I had a very good Army in England and when I had the greatest occasion for them they
Order and Appoint that Friday the Fifteenth Day of August Instant be solemnly Observed and Kept as a Day of Publick Fasting Prayer and Humiliation in and throughout all the Parts of this Our Kingdom under Our Obedience for supplicating Almighty God for the Pardon of Our Sins and for imploring His Blessing upon Us and upon Our Forces by Sea and Land and that constantly during the War Friday in every Week be set apart for the same Ends and Purposes And to the end Our good Subjects may be the better prepared for the said Work and instructed in their Duty when they are Assembled to perform it We have thought fit to Direct and Appoint the Archbishops and Bishops of this Kingdom to Compose a Form of Prayer proper for the Occasion to be made use of in all Churches and Chappels and other Publick Places of Worship in this Our Kingdom And We do hereby strictly Charge and Require all Our Loving Subjects to Assemble together in their Respective Parish Churches or Publick Places of Worship at the Times and to the Ends aforesaid And We also Charge and Require all Parsons Vicars Curates and Others that have Care of Souls that they Officiate accordingly in their Respective Churches Chappels or Places of Worship and that they give Notice hereof by Reading this Our Proclamation every Sunday during the Present War Given at Our Court at Chapple-Isard this First Day of August 1690. In the Second Year of Our Reign The Journal of the Siege of Lymerick from the first of Aug. 1690. to the time of Raising the Siege HIS Majesty receiving an Express at Chappel-Izard from the Camp That the Enemy had drawn together most of their scattered Troops about Lymerick were grown very Impudent and seem'd to have new Life and Vigour put into them upon His Majesty's retiring from the Camp and that they were resolv'd to make a desperate Defence of the City of Lymerick when-ever Besieged On which His Majesty altered His Resolutions resolving to return to the Camp the better to dispose of things for the pushing on the Siege and sent Order to Lieutenant General Douglas to March from Athlone and joyn the Count De Solmes On July 27. We Marched from Carick under the Command of the Count De Solmes His Majesty as aforementioned having left the Camp and came the same day to the Town of Clonmel which is Eight very long Miles This Place seems to be very strongly Scituated and doubtless might have held out for some time had it been Garrisoned by any but Irish-Men The 28. We Marched Seven Miles farther and the next day being the 29. We Encamp'd at a place called Goolin-Bridge which is about 23 Miles from Lymerick Here as soon as we Arriv'd we had the confirmation That the French had possess'd themselves of the City of Lymerick and that they would not suffer any of the Irish Forces to come into it having turned out those few that were in Garrison there On the 30. and 31. We lay quiet in our Camp and refreshed our selves August the first A Detached Party of the Inniskilling and Danish Horse c. Marched from our Camp and advanced within sight of the Enemy near Lymerick who upon the approach of the advanced Parties were in great consternation and they brought an account That the Gross of the Irish Army consisting of about 27000 Men were upon the hearing of the Advance of our Army retired from beyond the Shannon August 2. Advice was brought into the Camp of the Surrender of the Town of Youghal August 3. A Deserter came into our Camp from Lymerick and told us That yesterday Morning the second Instant he saw the French Infantry March out of the Town about 3500 strong with Eight Field Pieces leaving several of their Ingineers and other Officers in the Town and that the common report was That they were going to Galway to Embark there for France that being a more convenient Port for their taking Shipping than Lymerick Galway being but Nine Miles from the Mouth of the Bay and Lymerick is Sixty And that as soon as the French had quitted the Place and were marched out Three Regiments of Irish Auxillaries under the Command of Colonel Lutterel marched in and took Possession of it This Advice afterwards confirm'd as well by our Parties that had been sent out as by other Deserters August 4. The Regiments that were sent to reduce the Town of Waterford and Fort of Dancannon under the Command of Major General Kirk joyned our Camp August 5. A Detachment of Six hundred Horse were sent from our Camp to reinforce the Garrison of Youghal and prevent any Design the Enemy may have upon it and this Evening Lieutenant General Douglas joyned us from Athlone On the 6. Our Army consisting now of 38500 Effective Men decamped from Goolen-Bridge and Marched in Two Bodies towards Lymerick the Infantry taking their way by a place called Sallawood and the Cavalry marched the other Road by way to Cullen On the 7th About Noon we came to a place called Carickellish which is between five and six Miles from Lymerick and here our Horse and Foot joyned in one Body again and in the Afternoon some small Detached Parties were sent to observe the Posture and Motions of the Enemy but on the approach of our Men the Enemy retired in great precipitation from place to place and in the Night burnt a great many small Houses and Cabins within Three Miles of the Town and this Evening was held a great Council of War in the presence of His Majesty where Resolutions were taken to Attack the Irish Forces early the next Morning which were Encamped and had Intrenched themselves in all the Defiles leading thereto having first Plowed up the Ground made great numbers of small Forts threw Timber and Trees across and did all that possibly could be done to obstruct the Passage of the King's Forces leaving the Hedges Gardens and other places for Five Miles together with Musqueteers in the nature of an Ambuscade On the 8. At One in the Morning His Majesty sent out Nine Hundred Horse and Two Hundred Foot Detached out of the Regiments of Oxon Trelawny Cuts Laneer Lloyd and Danes under the Command of the Heer Bentinck Earl of Portland and Brigadeer Stewart c. who advanced within Cannon Shot of the Town notwithstanding the opposition made by Three Regiments of the Enemies Foot one of Horse and another of Dragoons who stood but one Firing tho' they had the covert of the Hedges through which they Fired About Four hours after this Detachment returned to our Camp and gave the King an account of the posture the Enemy were in And about Seven a Clock His Majesty went himself with a fresh Party of 200 Select Horse being accompanied with Prince George Major General Gnickle the Heer Overkirk and other great Officers they approached within Two Miles of the Town The Enemy were come so near with some of their Out-guards that we could hear
Their hast and disorder was so great that they could carry nothing away with them but left behind them several things untoucht as also the Carriage Horses which were loose at Grass Sir Albert Cunningham with part of his Regiment of Inniskilling Dragoons that lay not far from thence being timely Alarm'd by a Deserter march'd immediately towards the Enemy charged them killed about Twenty with a Major and a Captain and pursued them as far as was safe Sir John Lanier who upon the news of Sarsfield's March was by the Kings Order sent from the Camp with a Detatchment of Horse came within Three Miles of them and being informed of what had happened struck off to Kilcullen Bridge to cut off their Retreat but the Enemy retired by the way of Athlone This accident hindred us five or six days which we spent in preparing our Batteries and put all things in a good posture for a vigorous Attack of the Town On the 14. An Express came to our Camp from Youghal giving an account that the Garrison there consisting of 50 Foot and 36 Dragoons hearing what mischief the Raparies did in the Country and that there was a great number of them at Castle-Martyr the Officers that Commanded drew out both the Horse and Foot and Marched to Attack them but the Foot not being able to March so fast as the Dragoons the latter met near Castle-Martyr 300 Raparies Horse and Foot and immediately Routed them killing 60. and taking 17. Prisoners and the Foot being come up they Summoned the Castle which Surrendred upon Liberty to go to Cork but without their Horses and Arms which being done the Soldiers took the Horses and the Arms were given to the Protestant Inhabitants and so they returned to Youghal While this was doing Captain Price and Captain Whetstone Commanders of the Bristol Men of War who were then at Youghal being informed That there were Two Ships in Cork Harbour Laden with Hides and Tallow for France they Sailed to the Harbours Mouth and sending in their Boats brought away the Two Ships and carried them to Waterford August 16. This Morning was Published in the Camp the following Proclamation A Proclamation by the King and Queens most excellent Majestieâ— William Rex WHereas We are informed That divers Persons either through Disaffection to the Clergy of the Church of Ireland as by Law Established or from a Design to take advantage of the present Disturbances in this Kingdom do delay or refuse to pay their Tythes and other Ecclesiastical Duties to the aforesaid Clergy as by Law they ought to do We having a gracious Regard to the distressed condition of the Church and Clergy and being stedfast in Our Resolution to preserve the benefit of the Law to all Our Subjects in the due Execution thereof do hereby strictly Command and Require all Our Loving Subjects of what Rank or Condition soever That they yield set forth and pay unto the Archbishops Bishops Deans Arch-deacons Prebends Rectors Parsons Vicars Curates and all others that have Ecclesiastical Dignities or Cure of Souls the Tythes and other Ecclesiastical Duties that are or shall become due or payable to them respectively according to the Laws and Customs of this Our Realm of Ireland Given at Our Royal Camp before Lymerick this Fifteenth day of August 1690. In the Second Year of Our Reign On the 17th The whole day was spent in making the necessary Preparations and getting all things ready for the opening of the Trenches which in the Evening was put in Execution the Trenches were opened with Seven Battallions consisting of English French and Danish Infantry Commanded by the Prince of Wirtemberg Lieutenant General Major General Kirk Major General Petteau and Sir Henry Bellassis Brigadeer We advanced this Night about 300 paces and took Two Redoubts from the Enemy from whence they might have disturbed our Workmen The 18th about 10 at Night the Trenches were Relieved by Lieutenant General Douglas my Lord Sidney and Count Nassau Major Generals and Brigadeer Stewart with Seven Battallions of Foot and this Night we made our regular approaches towards another strong Redoubt of the Enemies notwithstanding the Night was exceeding dark that had it not been prevented by the extraordinary care and dilligence of the Officers our Men had certainly fallen foul on one another thro' mistake The 19. The Trenches were Reliev'd by the Prince of Wirtemburg Lieutenant General Major General Kirk and Petteau and Sir Henry Bellassis Brigadeer and we continued our Approaches towards the said Redoubt which the King gave Order should be Attack'd the next day The 20. The Trenches were Reliev'd by Lieutenant General Douglas my Lord Sidny and Count Nassau Major Generals and Brigadeer Stewart the Signal was given by Three Guns about Two in the Afternoon when our Men that were Detached for this Service to the number of about 150 choice Select Men besides Officers immediately fell on and with extraordinary Courage entred the Fort and drave out the Enemy killing about 40 of them After we had been about half an hour in possession of the Fort the Enemy made a great Sally Horse and Foot in all about Two Thousand but they were so warmly receiv'd by our Men that after a short Dispute they were beaten back our Horse pursuing them to the very Walls of the Town The 21. We carried on our Trenches and finished them to that degree so as to hinder any more Sallies The 22. We raised a Battery of Eight Guns and Twenty four pound Ball and two of Eighteen against the Enemies high Towers from whence they Fired upon our Men and we have quite levelled them The Night following we threw great numbers of Bombs and Carcasses into the Town and Burnt many of the Houses The 23. This Morning one of Gilmey's Troopers came over to us and brought with him a Boy and Four very good Horses About Noon Two Captains a Lieutenant a Priest and Seventy common Soldiers of the Enemy were brought in Prisoners from Nighua a considerable Castle Two Miles from our Camp where General Gnikle Marcht with Two Thousand Horse Six Hundred Dragoons a Regiment of Foot and Two Guns the Castle indured a Siege of Twenty Four hours and then Surrendred on Discretion This Afternoon Two French-Men came over to us and brought with them Two as good Horses as any in our Army they gave us an account that the Rogues in the City are in a miserable condition for want of Bread and Drink but that Meat is plenty among them This Night about Seven in the Evening we Played furiously into the Town with our Bombs Red hot Balls and other Fire-Engines which Fired the Town in several Places one fell into their great Magazine of Hay which was consumed and several Houses Burnt the Fire lasting there about Six hours another set Fire to a place near the Church which was not consumed till Five the next Morning and as that was quenched we Fired another place which was Blown up by the Enemy The