A. C. during the heat of this Action, a Brandenburgh Re1690. giment being with great Bravery got upon the Enemies Black Battery, the Powder happen'd to take Fire, which blew up a great many of them. Befides, though Collonel Cuts, who was commanded by the Duke of Wirtembergh to march towards the Spur, at the South Gate, beat in the Irish that appear'd on that fide, yet he loft feveral of his Men, and was himself Wounded; for he boldly advancing within half Musket-fhot of the Gate, all the Men lay expos'd to the Enemies Shot, who lay fecure within the Spur and the Walls. The French Proteftants, the Dutch and the Danes behaved themfelves very Gallantly at their refpective Pofts; and the whole Action, which lafted from Three till Seven, was very brisk every where, and coft the Befiegers Six Hundred Men kill'd upon the spot, and as many mortally Wounded.

The Siege Tais'd, Aug. 31.

This Difappointment, and the approaching illWeather, occation'd the railing offthe Siege of Limerick; for on the 30th of Auguft the heavy Baggage and Cannon were fent away, and the next Day the Army decamp'd and march'd off towards Clonmel. The King, after he had Conftituted the Lord Sidney, and Thomas Coningsby Efq; (fince made a Lord) Lords Juftices of Ireland, and intrufted, Count Solmes with the Command of the Army, (which he foon after confign'd into the Hands of Lieutenant General Ginckle) His Majefty Embark'd at Duncannon Fort, with Prince George of Denmark, and fome other Perfons of Diftinction, on the 5th King Wil- of September, and arriv'd fafe next Day in King'sliam re Road near Bristol, and on the 9th at Windfor, where turns to he was receiv'd by the Queen with that Joy, which England, none but his own could equal; long Abfence, the great Dangers both had efcap'd, and eager Expectation, all contributing to fcrew up their mutual Satisfaction to an unexpreffible height.

Sept. 7.

Befides Limerick, there were still feveral other Towns in Ireland in the Poffeffion of the Irish, and their Army was yet very Numerous, which gave King James's Friends fome hopes of the Reftoration of that Kingdom to his Obedience again; but they

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were not a little furpriz'd to hear, that the English A. Ci Fleet was arriv'd before Cork Harbour the 21t of 1690. September, with fome Forces under the Command

of the Earl of Marlborough. The Earl was to act The Earl of in this Expedition in concert with fome other MarlboTroops that were fent before towards that part of rough Ireland, and therefore he immediately acquainted rives be the Duke of Wirtemberg, and Major General Scra-fore Cork, venmore with his Arrival. The next Day, in enter-Sept. 21. ing the Harbour he was oppos'd by the Enemy, who had a Battery of Eight Guns there; but his Lordfhip having fent 3 armed Boats afhore, these by their thick firing oblig'd the Irish to quit their Guns. On the 23d the greateft part of the Land Forces were fent up the Paffages, Headed by the Duke of Grafton, fix Miles from Cork, and being come by the 24th within a Mile of the Town, they began to mount their Cannon, having near 600 Seamen, Gunners and Carpenters, who did them confiderable Service. There being a Report that the Duke of Berwick defign'd to raise the Siege, Major General Scravenmore fent a Meffenger to haffen the Duke of Wirtemberg's march, and on the 25th order'd a Party of Horfe to go and cover the the Duke's Foot. The fame Afternoon Major General Tetteau, with a Party of a Thoufand Men, having drawn fome Cannon to the Fair-Hill, refolv'd to Attack one or both of the New Forts, and New Shannon Caftle; but the Irifh no fooner obferv'd his Men pofted in order to that Design, but they fet Fire to the Suburbs between him and them, and quitting both the Forts and Caftles, retired in hafte into the Town; whereupon our Men poffefs'd themfelves of Shannon-Caftle, and planted there fome Guns. Major General Scravenmore came about that time with 1200 Horfe and Dragoons, and took up his Quarters at Kill-Abbey. On the 26th the Duke of Wirtemberg with his Danes, and Brigadier La Meloniere with fome French and Dutch Foot, arrived and encamp'd before the Town. The Duke of Wirtemberg and the Earl of Marlborough being both Lieutenant Generals, there happen'd a warm Dif pute betwixt them about the Chief Command;

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A. C. the firft,fomewhat bluntly, pretending to it, because he was a Prince; and the latter, with his ufual Gentelman-like Moderation, juftly infifting, that the General Command did properly belong to him, Difpute be tween the both as Eldeft Officer, and because he led the Duke of Troops of his own Nation, whereas the Duke of Wirtem- Wirtemberg was only at the Head of Auxiliaries. berg and The Wife Monfieur La Meloniere interpofing, the the Earl of Earl of Marlborough was contented to share the Marlbo- Command with the Duke, left his infifting on his rough. full Right should retard His Majefty's Service. Accordingly the Earl of Marlborough Commanded the first Day, and gave the Word, Wirtemberg; and the Duke of Wirtemberg Commanded the next, and gave the Word, Marlborough.

Cork B:fieged.

This Difference being thus adjufted, and the Enemy, on the 27th, having abandon'd their Works at the Cat Fort, without a blow ftruck, our Forces took Poffeflion of it; and having rais'd a Battery there, they both threw their Bombs into the City, and play'd their Guns upon the Fort, from the Friars Garden, and from another Battery above the Fort near the Abbey. Moreover, being Masters of a Church, Scravenmore order'd a Party of Men into it, who from thence gall'd the Irish within the Fort: All which, together with another Battery fet up by Red-Abbey, foon made a Breach in the City Wall, and brought the Befieged to demand a Parley. Thereupon Hoftages were exchanged, and a Truce granted till next Morning; when the Befieged not accepting the Terms offer'd them, the Befiegers began to play again very furioufly with their Cannon. A confiderable Breach being made, the Danes from the North, and four Regiments of English from the South, under Birgadier Churchill, pafs'd the River up to the Arm-pits, into the Eaft Marfh, in order to Storm the Town. The Granadiers under the Lord Colchester led the Van, and march'd forward with incredible Bravery, though all the while expos'd to the Enemies Fire, being encourag'd by the Duke of Grafton, the Lord O Brian, Collonel Granville, and fome other refolute Volunteers; but in this Approach the Duke of Grafton receiv'd a Wound

in the Shoulder, of which he foon after died. The A. C. Van immediately posted themfelves under the Bank 1690. of the Marth, which was, as it were, a Counterfcarp to the City Wall; and at the fame time the Duke of Salamander, and another Veffel came up with the Grafton Tide, and lay at the end of the Marfh, directly be- kill'd. fore the City Wall, play'd their Cannon at the Breach, and threw Bombs likewife into the City. All things being now ready for a General Affault, the Befieg'd thought fit to prevent it by beating a Second Parley; and at last the Earl of Tyrone, and Collonel Ricaut, being fent from Collonel Makilicut, who Commanded in the Place, agreed to the Earl of Marlborough's Conditions, which were. Cork Sur That the Garrison, confifting of 4000 Men, fhould be all Prifoners of War, both Officers and Soldiers; That no Prejudice should be done to them, or the Inhabitants; Sept. 28, That the General would use his Endeavours to obtain His Majefty's Clemency towards them; That all the Arms, as well of the Garrifon as Inhabitants, fhould be fecur'd; That all the Proteftant Prisoners should be fet at Liberty; That the old Fort fhould be deliver'd up within an Hour, and the two Gates of the City the next Morning; And that an exact account should be given of the Warlike Ammunitions and Provifions in the Magazines. The Prifoners of Note taken at Cork were the Earls of Clancarty and Tyrone, the Governor of the Place, Collonel Ricaut, and feveral other Officers.

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Flefh'd with this Succefs, the English bent their Thoughts upon fresh Conquefts, and the fame Day they enter'd Cork, a Detachment of Horfe and Dragoons, under the Command of Brigadier Villiers, was fent to Summon the Town and Forts of KingSale. Upon his Approach the Irish were ready to fet the Town on Fire; but being prevented by the fudden arrival of the English, they retreated in haft to the old and new Forts. The Earl of Marlborough fet out from Cork on the 1ft of October, arriv'd at Five-Mile Bridge the fame Day, and the next before Kingfale; and having form'd his Camp in the Evening, gave Directions to make his Approaches Kingfale towards the New Fort, while Major General Tet- Befier'd, teau was order'd to attack the Old.

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A. C. Morning early, Tetteau having pafs'd the River in 1690. Boats, made a Feint of Storming the Fort in the weakest place, where most of the Befieged were ready to receive him; but in the interim another Detachment made a bold Affault upon another place, where the Enemy leaft fufpected them, and by that means were foon Masters of a Baftion. At the fame time feveral Barrels of Powder happening to take Fire, whereby near Forty of the Irish were blown up, the reft retir'd into an old Castle in the midst of the Fort, and immediately fubmitted to be Prifoners of War, having loft about 200 Men out of 450. This bufinefs being over, the Earl of Marlborough fent to Summon the New Fort, which was much more Confiderable than the other; but Sir Edward Scot, the Governor, refolutely Answer'd, That it would be time enough to Capitulate a Month bence. Thereupon the English open'd their Tren* O&o. 5. ches, and on the 9th had advanc'd them to the Counterfcarp, but the ill Weather hinder'd the coming up of the Cannon till the 11th, when part of it arriv'd. The 12th in the Morning fix Pieces were mounted at the Danes Attack, and two Mortars at the English, which fir'd all that Day. The 13th two 24 Pounders were plac'd on the fame Battery; The 14th the reft of the Cannon arriv'd, three of which were mounted on the English Battery And the Danes, Commanded by Prince Wirtemberg, having made a confiderable Breach, the Night following, to difturb the Enemy, they made a falfe Attack. The 15th the Cannon continued to play all the Morning, and all things were prepaparing for a Storm, when the Enemy beat a Parley. Hoftages being exchanged, the Articles were agreed on and fign'd about Midnight, by which the middle Baftion was to be deliver'd up the next Morning, and the Garrifon, confifting of about rendred, 1100 Men was to march the next Day after, with Octo. 16. Arms and Baggage, and be conducted to Limerick. The lofs of the English before this Place was little lefs than 300 Men Kill'd or Wounded, which yet was of no Moment, confidering the great Advan

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