The Great O'Neill, a Biography of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, 1550-1616 |
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Page 209
... lost Enniskillen , and retaken it , they lost it again in May to Tyrone's son Cormac MacBaron . They retained The Newry , but the Irish ate up the country for miles and miles about it and away down into the next county , to within forty ...
... lost Enniskillen , and retaken it , they lost it again in May to Tyrone's son Cormac MacBaron . They retained The Newry , but the Irish ate up the country for miles and miles about it and away down into the next county , to within forty ...
Page 211
... lost only a mere 140 men . But the muster master , Sir Ralph Lane , wrote privately to Burghley that there were " more hurt men in the late service than was convenient to declare . " Again , Bagenal generously guessed that Tyrone's ...
... lost only a mere 140 men . But the muster master , Sir Ralph Lane , wrote privately to Burghley that there were " more hurt men in the late service than was convenient to declare . " Again , Bagenal generously guessed that Tyrone's ...
Page 317
... lost very nearly 1,500 men in besieging a fort in Brittany held by a bare 200 Spaniards . Neither Tyrone nor del Aquila need , as a result , have been perturbed at the size of Mountjoy's forces . On October 27 his List 18 was 6,900 men ...
... lost very nearly 1,500 men in besieging a fort in Brittany held by a bare 200 Spaniards . Neither Tyrone nor del Aquila need , as a result , have been perturbed at the size of Mountjoy's forces . On October 27 his List 18 was 6,900 men ...
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