7th. This morning the general having received advice, that the Irish of the county of Kerry were numerous, and, being armed, designed to oppose Brigadier Levison, ordered the Princess of Denmark's, and another regiment of foot, to march and join the brigadier. Soon after, we had an account, that the brigadier's party had taken several preys, in which were above a thousand head of cattle, a great many horses, some of them very good; as also abundance of sheep, goats, and hogs. Deserters, that came into the camp this day, told us, that our bombs had set divers houses on fire, but that it was soon quenched, the buildings being most of stone, and very strong; and that the second bomb, that was thrown, killed the Lady Dillon, and wounded some others.

8th. The general resolved to attack Limerick, on the English town side, which is to our right; in order to which, our approaches were carried on, with such celerity, that, in four days time, we run our lines so near to the enemy, that we could annoy one another with our small-shot. By this day, we had raised a line composed of several batteries, viz. One to the left, of ten field-pieces, to shoot red-hot balls; another of thirty guns, one battery of eight mortars and of six, and another, on Ireton's fort, which much annoyed the Irish town, of five mortars, and eight guns, twelve and eighteen pounders, and a fort, to secure our lines of battery. At four this morning, we fired a great mortar, but the shell, bursting in her, flung both the mortar and carriage two yards off the flooring. We soon discharged fourteen twenty-four, and three eighteen-pounders, which, like a volley of small-shot, for the closeness of firing, opened a breach in the wall, at which, two coaches might enter a breast, and filled the counterscarp with its ruins; and, all this day, we continued to ply the town with fire-balls, carcasses, and bombs, which did them much mischief.

9th. Our cannon and mortars continued to play without intermission; that of our great battery had this day made a breach in the wall of the English town, of about thirty yards wide. This day, we finished another battery, which played upon St. John's gate, in the Irish town; and, this day, we began to work on two other batteries, one of seven eighteen-pounders, and the other of sixteen twenty-four-pounders. About two, this afternoon, a body of the enemy came out, and appeared, as if they intended a sally, but designed only to secure a ditch that lay betwixt them and our batteries; which was no sooner known, but our men marched down upon them and beat them back into the town, killing about thirty, with the loss only of one grenadier. Our guns and mortars continued to play into the town, all this night, without intermission.

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10th. Early this morning, one of the enemy's captains came to us, out of the town, and gave an account, that yesterday, in beating enemy into the town, we killed two of their majors, and one of our bombs killed Monsieur La Four, who was brother to the governor; and that the governor and officers, to keep up the hearts of the town and garison, assured them, that the French fleet had totally beat the English and Dutch, and forced those English

vessels, with Capt. Cole, into the Shannon; but that this day, or within forty-eight hours, a squadron of French would come into the river to their relief, and wholly destroy the English, &c. All this day, we continued firing, and about six, at night, the town appeared on fire, in many places. To prevent its spreading, the enemy blew up divers houses and buildings; notwithstanding which, some very considerable place continued burning with great violence, until two the next morning.

11th. This morning some officers of Sir Albert Cunningham's regiment of dragoons came to the camp, with an express from their Lieutenant-Colonel Echlin, of the loss of their colonel, and to pray the general's favour, to have the regiment. The said colonel of Sir Albert Cunningham's regiment, being detached from the camp, to join the forces, for the reducing of Sligo, and he stayed after them, did follow with ten men only, as a guard. In their march, upon the hills near Boyle, they unhappily mistook their way in a fog, and fell into the hands of two or three hundred rapparees, to whom they sold their lives, at the utmost rate, killing about twenty-five, but were at last overpowered, and cut in pieces; whose blood was soon revenged by Baldarick O'Donnel, who was in hearing of the guns, but came too late, to save the brave colonel. However, he killed many of them, and routed the rest: we continued to batter and bomb the town, all this day and all night.

12th. All last night and this day we fired furiously into the town without intermission, and our breach was widened seventy paces. This day we beganto prepare our floating-bridges, in order to pass over the water, but, whether to the island, or above the town, to gain the other side, was at that time a secret. This morning came to us ten dragoons and an officer, deserters; who said, that, in the great fire, that was in the town on the tenth at night, the bombs set fire to three magazines; one of powder, which, in blowing up, set fire unto, and burnt great part of the English town, and did much other mischiefs; the other two of beef, biscuit, oats, brandy, and wine, which was all destroyed, and would be soon wanted amongst them.

13th. All this day we continued firing into the town; and the deserters came in this day, and informed us, that our ball, bombs. carcasses, &c. had ruined the greater part of the English town. Our cannon now mounted were sixty pieces, none less than twelvepounders. This day the general sent an express to the queen.

14th. This morning the general sent two regiments towards Clonmell and Waterford, to reinforce the militia, there being many prisoners in the latter, and the Irish in those parts grew insolent. His excellency also sent money and guards to support them, with orders to blow up and demolish Castle Connel, and the other castles we had taken near Limerick, on the Shannon, and elsewhere, to prevent their being any more nests of rebels, rapparees, &c. This day, near sixty waggons of good wool, taken from the enemy, were put on board our ships.

15th. We continued all this day to bomb and batter the town,

and made the breaches so wide, that we could plainly see into the town, which looked ruinous. The enemy made much sod-works, and a very deep trench, or ditch, with pallisadoes and stockadoes, yet the men continued impatient to storm it. About three this afternoon, the Lord Lisburne was unfortunately killed, by a cannon ball from the town, as he was coming out of his tent, which he had placed in the trenches. This evening our cannon were thrice discharged, and our army made several vollies, in demonstration of their joy for the great defeat given to the Turks by the emperor's forces. This night we again fired the town, which burnt furiously for two hours.

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16th. The general having resolved to pass the Shannon, it was given out, to amuse the enemy, that we were going to raise the siege; and, for the better colouring that pretence, a large mortar, and two or three guns (which, by often firing, had been rendered unserviceable) were drawn off, in sight of the town, towards the shipping. About ten last night, orders were given to carry our floats and pontoons to a place appointed for laying our bridge, about a mile above the English town, to cover the workmen, who were about six-hundred in number. A detachment of an hundred grenadiers was sent, in four boats, over to St. Thomas's island; from whence, to the other side of the river, were two or three shallow fords they lay there undiscovered, till it was almost morning, when a trooper, that was patrolling, first saw them, and gave notice to four regiments of the enemies dragoons, who, with some foot, were posted with two parties under the command of Brigadier Clifford, not far from thence; upon which, those that lay nearest our bridge made some shot at us. About seven of the clock the bridge was finished, and the general immediately ordered the royal regiment of dragoons to pass; who drew up on the side of the river, and made way for the grenadiers and fusiliers, that followed; these were supported by four battalions of foot, and several squadrons of horse. In the mean time, the enemies dragoons came down on foot to oppose us; but, as soon as our men advanced, they took to their heels, leaving their tents and baggage, with their bridles and saddles (their horses being at grass, at a place about two miles off) behind them; we took also two pieces of brass cannon, and Brigadier Maxwell's standard. In this action we had but one man killed, and the enemy not many; for they ran immediately, and great numbers of them afterwards took the advantage of that confusion, and deserted. We took several prisoners, and, among them, a French lieutenant-colonel of dragoons, and some other officers, who confirmed what we had heard before of the burning the two stores of biscuit, and one of brandy. By this time, the main body of the enemies horse, who were commanded in chief by Sarsfield, and lay there incamped near the town of Killaloo, took the alarm, and drew out, making a shew, as if they designed to fight us; but it proved only a stratagem to get time to secure their tents and baggage in decamping; which they did, but in great confusion, marching away immediately towards the mountains. Our horse

returned to the camp, and the foot were posted at the head of the bridge; a detachment being first sent to summon a castle, which is very advantageouly situated in the middle of the Shannon. Upon our party's coming before it, they immediately capitulated, but were allowed no other terms, than to be made prisoners of war. The garison consisted of about sixty men; soon after, we took in another post; both of which proved of great use to us.

17th. This day, one Taaf, a very sensible man, and a captain of the Irish royal regiment of foot, came over to us, and informed us, that our bombs and cannon had killed great numbers of their garison, and left few houses standing in the town. Notwithstanding our being busied in passing the Shannon, we fired plentifully the last night into the town, and continued to do the like all this day. This day, eleven of the enemies troops came over to us, with their horses, arms, and accoutrements, and, for their better encouragement, were immediately received into our troops. This evening, the standard and two fine brass field-pieces, taken from the enemy at our passing the Shannon, were brought into the camp.

18th. Orders were this day sent, by the general, to Capt. Coal, to land some men out of his frigates, to destroy all the forage in those parts of the county of Clare near the water-side.

19th. These two days, we were busied in lengthening our bridge of boats, which, próving too short at first laying over the river, was bravely supplied by the forwardness of our soldiers, who marched through the water, where the bridge proved deficient. This day, some of our militia brought into the camp three notorious rapparees, whom they took about twelve miles off.

20th. This day was chiefly spent in removing our float-bridge nearer the town, and in raising à battery for the security of it; we also secured a pass to the town, as likewise the pass of Annahbeg, where we went over the last year. This afternoon the general received an account from Brigadier Levison, that, putting himself at the head of two hundred and fifty horse and dragoons, he had again fallen upon the enemy in the county of Kerry, who where threethousand strong, and had with them two intire regiments of dragoons; killed a great many of them, took divers officers prisoners, and quite dispersed the whole party; so that we were now intire masters of that county, which did not a little strengthen the enemy. The weather was now very bad, and much rain for these three days past; but this afternoon it cleared up, and began to be very fair again.

21st. All last night and this morning our guns continued to play furiously into the town. This afternoon, by an express to the general, we had advice in the camp. of the surrender of Sligo; the manner as followeth: on the 10th instant, Col. Michelbourn marched with a detachment of his regiment, and five-hundred of the militia of the province of Sligo, two troops of dragoons of the army, and six field-pieces, and incamped at Drumchefte, about three miles from Sligo, of which he gave an account to the Earl of Granard, by a party of horse under the command of Capt.

Vaughan. The 11th he advanced within half a mile of the town, but, the weather being wet, he could make no farther progress that day. On the 12th he drew out his men to attack the enemy, who at first made a shew of opposing us, but presently after quitted the works, which they had cast up to defend the entrance into the town; our men pursued them, and, forcing the rest of their outworks, beat them into the great fort, with the loss only, on our side, of an ensign killed, and five men wounded. On the 13th, the Earl of Granard came with the forces under his command before the place: his lordship caused immediately batteries to be raised against the fort, and insinuated into the enemy such apprehensions of great cannon and mortars, which they were made to believe he had brought along with him, that they sent out to capitulate. The conditions were agreed and assigned, much the same terms as Galway, and the fort, which is very strong, was accordingly surrendered on the 15th, there marching out six hundred men, under the command of Sir Teague O'Regan. They left in the place sixteen pieces of cannon, and Col. Michelbourn is made -governor of it.

22d. Early this morning, the general, the Duke of Wirtemburgh, and Lieutenant-General Scravenmore, with all our horse and dragoons (except Col. Coy's regiment of horse, and fifty out of each of the regiments of dragoons of the army) and ten regiments of foot, taking with them seven days provisions, and fourteen guns, viz. ten three-pounders, and four twelve-pounders, marched over our bridge of boats into the county of Clare. In the mean while, the Major-Generals Mackay and Talmash commanded the rest of the army, for the security of the works on Lempster side of the river, from whence we still continued to fire day and night into the town; whence also they fired at our men as they passed by. About twelve at noon, all our men had passed the bridge, and were drawn' up before the town on Clare side, the enemy playing upon them all from the castle and several towers, both with great and small shot, but with little execution: and, about two, eighteen of Col. Matthew's dragoons, being our advanced party, were attacked by the advanced party of the Irish, who out-numbered them, and both parties were sustained from each side till about four, that the float came up, when began a warm dispute; and, the place being near the town, the enemy played upon us at the same time with their cannon from the castle, and their small-shot from the walls, which neither dismayed, nor did much mischief to our men. About five, the general ordered a detachment to attack the fort near Thomond-bridge, which commands both the bridge and the king's island; and, though two great detachments sallied out of the town to support those that defended it, we carried it, and pursued the enemy over the bridge to the town; but the besieged, perceiving our men at their heels, drew up the draw-bridge, leaving above six hundred of them to the fury of our soldiers, some of whom were pressed into the Shannon, and the rest killed by our men. In this action we took twenty-one com