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A88058	Letters from Ireland, relating the several great successes it hath pleased God to give unto the Parliaments forces there, in the taking of Drogheda, Trym, Dundalk, Carlingford, and the Nury. Together with a list of the chief commanders, and the number of the officers and soldiers slain in Drogheda. Die Martis, 2 Octobr. 1649. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that the several letters from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, together with so much of Colonel Venables letter as concerns the successes in Ireland, be forthwith printed and published. Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.	Ireland. Lord Lieutenant (1649-1650 : Cromwell); Venables, Robert, 1612?-1687.; Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. aut	1649 (1649)	Wing L1778; Thomason E575_7; ESTC R202725	6,013	15

innocent blood and that it will tend to p●●●●●● the effusion of blood for the future which are the satisfactory grounds to such Actions which o●●●●●ise cannot but work remorse and regret The O●●●●e●s and Soldiers of this Garison were the flower of all their Army and their great expectation was That our attempting this place would put fair 〈◊〉 us they being confident of the Resolution of their men and the advantage of the place if we had divided our Force into two ●●●●ters to have Besieged the North Town and the South Town we could not have had such a correspondency between the two parts of our Army but that they might have chosen to have brought their Army and have fought with which part they pleased and at the same time have made a Salley with two thousand men upon us and have left their walls manned they having in the Town the numbers specified in this inclosed but some say near Four thousand Since this great Mercv vouchsafed to us I sent a Party of Horse and Dragoons to Dund●●k which the Enemy quitted and we are possessed of as also another Castle they deserted between Trym and Drogheda upon the Boynes I sent a Party of horse and Dragoons to a House within five miles of Trym there being then in Trym some Scots Companies which the Lord of Ardes brought to assist the Lord of Ormond but upon the News of Drogheda they ran away leaving their great Guns behinde them which we also have possessed And now give me leave to say how it comes to pass that this work is wrought It was set upon some of our hearts that a great thing should be done not by power or might but by the Spirit of God and is it not so clear That which caused your men to Storm so couragiously it was the Spirit of God who gave your men Courage and took it away again and gave the Enemy Courage and took it away again and gave your men Courage again and therewith this happy Success and therefore it is good that God alone have all the Glory It is is remarkable that these people at the first set up the Mass in some places of the town that had been Monasteries but afterwards grew so insolent that the last Lords day before the Storm the Protestants were thrust out of the great Church called St. Peters and they had publique Mass there and in this very place near One thousand of them were put to the Sword flying thither for safety I believe all their Fryers were knockt on the head promiscuously but two the one of which was Father Peter Taaff Brother to the Lord Taaff whom the Soldiers took the next day and made an end of the other was taken in the Round Tower under the repute of Lieutenant and when he understood that the Officers in that Tower had no quarter he confessed he was a Fryer but that did not save him A great deal of loss in this business fell upon Col Hewson Col Cassel and Colonel Ewers Regiments Colonel Ewers having two Field-Officers in his Regiment shot Colonel Cassel and a Captain of his Regiment slain Colonel Hewsons Captain-Lieutenant slain I do not think we lost One hundred men upon the place though many be wounded I most humbly pray the Parliament will be pleased this Army may be maintained and that a consideration may be had of them and of the carrying on of the Affairs here as may give a speedy issue to this work to which there seems to be a marvellous fair opportunity offered by God And although it may seem very chargeable to the State of England to maintain so great a Force yet surely to stretch a little for the present in following Gods Providence in hope the charge will not be long I trust it will not be thought by any that have not irreconcileable or malicious Principles unfit for me to move for a constant supply which in humane probability as to outward means is most likely to hasten and perfect this work and indeed if God please to finish it here as he hath done in England the War is like to pay it self We keep the Field much our Tents sheltring us from the wet and cold but yet the Country sickness overtakes many and therefore we desire recruits and some fresh Regiments of Foot may be sent us for it is easily conceived by what the Garisons already drink up what our field Army will come to if God shall give more Garisons into our hands Craving pardon for this great trouble I rest Your most humble Servant O. CROMVVEL Dublin Sept. 17. 1649. Since the writing of my Letter a Major who brought off Forty three Horse from the Enemy told me that it is reported in their Camp that Owen Roe and they are agreed A List of the Defendants in Drogheda THe Lord of Ormonds Regiment Sir Edmund Verney Lieut Colonel 400. Col Bourn 400. Col Warren 900. Col Wall 800. The Lord of Westmeath 200. Sir Iames Dillon 200. Horse 200. For the Honorable Willaiam Lenthal Esq Speaker of the Parliament of England Mr. Speaker I Had not received any accompt from C 〈…〉 whom I sent from Drogheda to endeavor the reducing of Carlingford and so to march Northward towards a conjunction with Sir Charls Coot until the last night After he came to Carlingford having summoned the place both the three C●●●●●s and the Fort commanding the Harbor were ●en●●ed to him wherein were about Forty Barrels of Powder seven piece of Canon about One thousand Muskets and five hundred P●●●s wanting twenty In the entrance into the Harbor Captain Fern aboard your Man of War had some danger being much shot at from the Sea Fort a ballet shooting through his main Mast The Captains entrance into that Harbor was a considerable adventure and a good service as also was Captain Brandleys who with forty Seamen stormed a very strong Tenalia at Drogheda and helped to take it for which he deserves an owning by you Venables marched from Carlingford with a Party of Horse and Dragoons to the Nury leaving the Foot to come up after him He summoned the place and it was yielded before his Foot came up to him Some other Informations I have received from him which promise well towards your Northern Interest which if well prosecuted will I trust through God render you a good accompt of those parts I have sent those things to be presented to the Councel of State for their consideration I pray God as these Mercies flow in upon you he will give you an heart to improve them to his Glory alone because he alone is the Author of them and of all the goodness patience and long-suffering extended towards you Your Army is marched and I believe this night lieth at Arctlo in the County of Wicklo by the Sea side between thirty and forty miles from this place I am this day by Gods blessing going towards it I crave your pardon for this trouble and rest Your most humble Servant O. Cromwel Dublin Sep. 27. 1649. I desire the Supplies moved for may be hastned I am verily perswaded though the burthen be great yet it is for your Service If the Garisons we take swallow up your men how shall we be able to keep the Field who knows but the Lord may pity Englands sufferings and make a short work of this it is in his hand to do it and therein onely your Servants rejoyce I humbly present the condition of Captain George Jenkins his widow He dyed presently after Tredagh storm his widow is in great want A List of the Officers and Soldiers slain at the storming of Drogheda SIr Arthur Ashton Governor Sir Edmond Verney Lieutenant Col to Ormonds Regiment Col Fleming of Horse Lieutenant Col Finglass of Horse Major Fitzgerald of Horse Eight Captains of Horse Eight Lieutenants of Horse Eight Cornets of Horse Col Warren of Foot with their Lieutenants Majors c. Col Walls of Foot with their Lieutenants Majors c. Col Byrne of Foot with their Lieutenants Majors c. The Lord Taaffs brother an Augustine Fryer Forty four Captains and all their Lieutenants Ensigns c. Two hundred and twenty Reformado's and Troopers Two thousand Five hundred-Foot Soldiers besides Staff-Officers Chyrurgeons c. and many Inhabitants For His Excellency The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland My Lord IN observance of your Excellencies Orders I advanced to Carlingford upon Tuesday last and at the same instant Captain Ferns came into the Harbors mouth with his Frigot and upon the Signal agreed upon betwixt us came in with much gallantry and resolution indured many shots whereof one split his main Mast and in the Haven took a small Wexford Vessel And in the three Castles and the Sea-Fort we found seven piece of Ordinance near forty Barrels of Powder and as many of small shot above a thousand Muskets and four hundred and eighty Pikes the greatest store in Ulster but little Provision the next day I marched with some Horse and Dragoons to the Nury and summoned the place which also yielded immediately before the Foot could come Many difficulties encounter us yet by Gods assistance I resolve to break through all to follow the leading Providence of that Divine Hand which now seems to guide us forward for except we march on the Scots resolve to put Irish into Carrickfergus Belfast and Lisnegarvy because their own Nation refuses them both assistance and Provisions and if we prevent not the Irish it will kindle a new War in those Parts more bloody then what we have yet tasted of which to prevent shall be my utmost and chief endeavor Monro hath already put some Irish into Colrain I have sent several Messengers to Sir Charls Coot to know his pleasure to acquaint him with my resolutions for this work we are all full of not improbable hopes of Divine assistance in this work which if your Excellency please but to cherish us in may through Gods assistance prove a most happy undertaking which is the Prayer of My Lord Your Excellencies most humble Servant R. VENABLES Nury Sept. 22. 1649. We had in the Castle of this place sixty Muskets and five Barrels of Powder FINIS