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A27391	A true and impartial account of the most material passages in Ireland since December, 1688 with a particular relation of the forces of Londonderry / being taken from the notes of a gentleman who was eyewitness to most of the actions mention'd therein during his residing there, and now being in England is desired to publish the same for the further satisfaction of this nation ; to which is added a description and map of Londonderry as he took it upon the place.	Bennet, Joseph.	1689 (1689)	Wing B1885A; ESTC R17776	23,851	33

ordered in this manner there happened several Skirmishes both between the Enemy at Newry and that part of the Protestant Army at Loghbricklan in some part of which a very worthy Gentleman one Captain Poe was slain with about Nine more as they went a Forraging by an Ambuscade as also several Skirmishes between the Lord Blany's Party and the Enemy at Charlimount and other flying Parties who were Pillaging the Countrey So that scarcely a Day passed without killing and taking some This being about the beginning of March things arrived to a very great pitch and the Irish grew more insolent than formerly Insomuch that many People fled from their Concerns leaving all or most of their Substance behind to the disposal of the Enemy and grew almost impatient for Relief out of England expecting every fair Wind would bring over an Army which would settle that Kingdom And indeed a very small Number of Men with Arms and Ammunition might have effected it when the Prince of Orange the now King his Proclamation came over requiring the Irish to surrender themselves and their Arms by the 10th of April Which Proclamation was sent by the Lord Blany to the Garrison of Charlimount And the said Lord Blany had his Majesty Proclaimed at Armagh with all the Solemnity imaginable which was likewise done at Hillsburrough and several other Places in the North. When the Earl of Tyrconnel had advice That our Present King William was proclaimed in Armagh and several other places he by this time had put his Army into some better Condition than before and ordered some Horse and Dragoons commanded by Collonel Dominick Sheldon with a considerable Body of Foot commanded by Collonel Richard Hamilton who was sent out of England with Conditions for the Irish to march towards the North And having stopt all Correspondence from the Protestants from Newry downwards that Army marched within some few Miles of Loghbricklan before any particular Account came to the Lord Mount Alexander or the Council at Hillsburrough Whereupon it was thought fit to withdraw what Forces were quartered at Loghbricklan and thereabouts nearer Drumore and Hillsburrough and to burn and destroy all the Countrey they marched through to make the same uneasie for the Earl of Tyrconnel's Horse in regard there was not much Forrage in that Countrey However Collonel Hamilton and Sheldon finding the Garrison of Loghbricklan deserted immediately moved forward and having some Troops in the Forlorn marched within some few Miles of Drumore Sir Arthur Rawdon then commanding at Drumore sent out some Scouts to observe the Motion of the Enemy and to discover their Number The Scouts informed him that there could not be above Three or Four Troops of Horse and that they approached near the Town Whereupon Sir Arthur Rawdon drew out about Five Hundred Men or thereabouts to prevent the Enemies coming farther into that Countrey and upon View of the Body of Horse the rest of the Army lying obscurely under a great Hill resolved to Charge them but before there was any Close Engagement the great Army which lay secure behind the Hill moved forward and were much too strong for Sir Arthur's Party Whereupon the Protestants fled and made their way through Hillsburrough the Enemy killing several having the pursuit of them for about Five or Six Miles and getting great Plunder of Rich Portmantions and other things left on the way but finding themselves near Hillsburrough and not knowing but the Body of the Protestant Army were in a Reserve thereabouts thought it convenient to make a Halt until they had brought up the rest of the Army But to give Sir Arthur Rawdon his due he behaved himself with as much Courage as any Man could do in this Engagement and had there been but reasonable Odds he and Major Baker now one of the Governours of Londonderry had defeated the Enemy But the loss of the Protestants was not much considering the advantage of the pursuit the Enemy might have made losing about 100. Upon the News of this most of the People about Hillsburrough fled but some kept the Castle being a place of a reasonable good Strength and having about a Thousand Pound in Money and an incredible Store of Oatmeal and other Provision were resolved to defend the Place but in a very little time surrendred it and all the Money c. to the Enemy Col. Hamilton and Sheldon giving Protections to all People who desired them on his March which was their Policy for thereupon many remained in their own Houses After the Break of Drumore Sir Arthur Rawdon brought what Horse and Foot he could with him to Colerain and thereupon what Forces were in Lisnegarvy Belfast Antrim and other places thereabouts made their way to that Garrison thinking to secure that Pass and prevent the Enemy going over the Ban Water having cut down the Bridge at Porteglanone about Ten Miles from Colerain and ordered all the Boats on Lough Neagh and the River to be burnt which was esteemed the only way to retard the Enemies March into the County of Londonderry and Donegall having no way to pass but by a tedious march by Charlimount But the great oversight of not sinking or burning these Boats proved very fatal as you shall hear hereafter The Garrison at Hillburrough being surrendred and all the Protestant Forces making their way to Colerain there was nothing left to oppose the Irish Army in all that Country where they got very great Plunder especially in Lisnegarvy Belfast and Antrim besides to the value of 3 or 4000 l. belonging to the Lord Massereen in Money and Plate hid about his House and discovered by his own Servant for a Reward of 10 Guinies and besides this they got all the Furniture of his House as it stood to a very great value And in this plentiful Country the Enemy thought fit for some time to refresh themselves which indeed they did Now I must return to Armagh Monaghar and Glasslogh to give account of the Forces there under the Command of the Lord Blany and the other Forces of the Counties of Cavan and Fermanaugh commanded by Capt. Francis Hamilton now Sir Francis Hamilton who for the good of his Country and Religion deserted the late King James's Army and brought off about 16 or 20 of the best Men in his Troop and forced his way escaping several imminent dangers The Irish of the North-West having advice that the Army had conquered all before them in the North-East Country very violently prest the taking in of strong Houses and Castles wherefore the Protestants thought good to make a fair Escape to Iniskilling where many of them now are to the number of about 10000 of good Men under the command of Gustavus Hamilton some time Cornet to the Lord Galmoy and many of the Protestants got into the Castle of Monaghan but the Irish were so numerous about that place and so very earnest in getting it that the Protestants were forced to desert it and make to Glasslogh But

then thought to retake that strong Hold with about 6 Companies of the Lord Mountjoy's Regiment with Pike and Musket who were within three days after their arrival at Dublin and after a long March of 110 miles being the depth of Winter ordered to march back again but indeed it was altogether needless until the Lord Mountjoy came in Person and proposed to the Inhabitants That if they would admit of any of the Army to quarter in that Town he would disband all the Papists in those six Companies and put Protestants in their places and that Colonel Robert Lundy should be their Governour to which the whole Town agreed and after that time there were six Companies of Protestants belonging to the Lord Mountjoy who are now it that place and Colonel Lundy continued Governour until of late The little Town of Iniskilling being situated in an Island in a great Lake so that there was no access but by water the Inhabitants thereof did no less gallantly secure that place opposing two Foot-Companies which were sent by the Earl of Tyrconnel to secure that Garrison looking on it as a most advantageous place bordering on Connaght but not timing his Intrigue well the Inhabitants of Iniskilling never suffered these two Companies to come nearer than two miles of the Town and so sent them back again with as much shame as the Earl of Antrim's Regiment left Londonderry and very soon after the said Town of Iniskilling declared for the Prince of Orange the now King and the Protestant Religion and have very gallantly ever since defended that place with great Courage and Zeal altho' they were like to have been surprised by some of the disaffected Gentlemen in that Country several times Since which time this Town has not been idle for after the Army had marched against the Counties of Downe Antrim c. under the Command of Lieutenant General Hamilton and Colonel Sheldon the Lord Galmoy with about 2000 Horse and Foot was ordered to march against this place and the Country thereabouts being boggy and very bad way to bring great Guns against the place there was a contrivance of a Tin Gun covered with Leather and this was drawn by eight Horses to the Top of a Hill near the Town After this great Bugbear for so it might be term'd was fairly planted against the Town the Lord Galmoy sends a Trumpet with a Summons for surrendring the Garrison offering large Conditions but the Town refused him Entrance and set his Lordship and his great Gun at defiance not knowing but the same was real and sallied out in the Night killed about thirty six took some Prisoners and this extream weighty Gun which one man triumphantly brought into Town on his shoulder that was drawn by eight Horses the day before This Defeat so much shamed the Lord and his Party that they drew off and never troubled the place more nor dare they ever since come near the Town but permit the Souldiers of it to ride thirty or forty miles in the best planted Countries driving before them such Cattle and bringing such Provisions as they think most convenient for the use of the Garrison without the least obstruction When the Lord Galmoy was on his March towards Iniskilling with his Tin Gun he happened to take one Wolston Dixie eldest Son to the Dean of Kilmore and one Edward Charleton as they were carrying off some Concerns of the Dean's and this young Gentleman coming but newly from the Colledge and being with a Party of Horse the Lord Galmoy said he was a Captain and instrumental in making so much trouble in the North the Gentleman disowned it and said he only was securing his Father's Goods but in short he and Mr. Charleton were hanged at Belturbet and there being an accident either by the breaking of the Rope or the Gate whereon they were hanged this young Gentleman fell down alive and then the Question was put Whether he would turn Roman Catholick and pray for King James He said he would not alter his Opinion but would pray for the King Whereupon Command was given to hang him up again and being half dead was cut down his Head and Mr. Charleton's being kicked about the streets and afterwards fixed on the Market-house This piece of Cruelty was done by that Bloody Villain the Lord Galmoy at Belturbet in the County of Cavan After the Towns of Londonderry and Iniskilling had thus opposed the Earl of Tyrconnel and his Proclamations the County of Cavan being the neighbouring County began to appear very briskly for on the 8th of January there being a Quarter-Sessions to be held at the Town of Cavan and there also being many Irish Justices of the Peace on the Bench one Captain Robert Sanderson of Castle Sanderson came with about eighty Horse into that Town After the Country had met this Gentleman demanded of the Irish Justices to shew by what Commission they sat there They replied It was by King James his Commission whereupon Captain Sanderson told them That was no good Authority at that time of day and ordered the Country to return to their own Dwellings some of the Reilys being Great men of that Country and Justices of the Peace began to thwart him which Controversie had been ended by the Captain 's Cane if the Justice had not fled off the Bench and escaped his Fury this so alarmed the whole Court and Town that the Quarter-Sessions were broke up and none kept there ever since This News went very soon to the Earl of Tyrconnel's Ears who threatned to send some Troops of Horse into that Rebellious Country as 't was then termed which so much terrified the people that almost every man was in Arms. The Irish then began even to break and plunder Houses in Corporation-Towns and take away the Protestants Goods at pleasure Not long after this one Sir Gerrard Irwin having gone to Dublin was made Lieutenant Colonel to the Earl of Granard's Regiment of Horse to be then raised and in order to the better raising of the same in the County of Fermanagh the said Sir Gerrard brought with him several Cases of Pistols Holsters and other Furniture with Carbines Swords c. from Dublin with Powder and Ball which did so much terrifie the hearts of the English thereabouts that they resolved to seize both the Knight and his Arms c. which was accordingly done by one Mr. Dan. French and Mr. Hen. Gwillyms who came from Belturbet to the Town of Cavan with about sixty Horse and there seized on the Arms and took Sir Gerrard Prisoner to Belturbet who was delivered to the Lord Blany's disposal being there at that time upon his viewing the Forces of that Country who sent Sir Gerrard Prisoner to Iniskilling the Country wherein he purposed to raise his Men to be secured by them This was not long from the Earl of Tyrconnel's Ears viz. that the Protestants had broke the County-Goal at Cavan and discharged the Protestant Prisoners who were hourly