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<HEAD>An ACCOUNT from <HI>Lymerick</HI> in IRELAND, Of the Arrival of Ships with Succours in the River <HI>Shannon;</HI> VVith a Particular Relation of the Beating down of Two great Towers, and the Di&s;mounting of the Enemy's Guns: Al&s;o, of the Famous Actions of <HI>Baldarick</HI> Lord <HI>O Don|nel,</HI> for Their Maje&s;ties Service, in his Taking the &s;trong Ca&s;tles of <HI>Ballymate, Loughlin,</HI> &amp;c. VVith the Total Routing of the Rebels in <HI>Kerry,</HI> &amp;c.</HEAD>
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<P><HI>Licen&s;ed,</HI> September 21. 1691.</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE>
<DATELINE>Dublin, <DATE><HI>Septemb.</HI> 16th. 1691. <HI>and Camp before</HI> Lymerick <HI>the</HI> 11th.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>THE Fir&s;t of our Batteries (which we told you in our la&s;t, we had begun to rai&s;e on the Right of the Town.) was not fini&s;h'd on the 6th at N<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ght, as we expected; but was on the 9th in the Evening; on which &s;aid Day we began to Play on the Town from it: It con&s;i&s;ts of 22 large Cannon, from 10, to 24 Pounders, and 8 Mortars: We continued to Play from this Bat|tery all that Night with very great Succe&s;s.</P>
<P>On the 7th likewi&s;e there arrived in the <HI>Shan|non</HI> Six Sail of Ships from <HI>Bri&s;tol,</HI> under the Con|voy of the <HI>Smirna: Merchant,</HI> Laden with Provi|&s;ions, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> for the U&s;e of our Army; which they had no &s;ooner unladen, but pur&s;uant to the Ge|neral's O<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">der, they took on Board the Prince&s;s <HI>Anne</HI> of <HI>Denmark</HI>'s Regiment of Foot, and Land|ed them near <HI>Iralee,</HI> in order to joyn Brigadler <HI>Leve&s;on;</HI> who, &s;ince the la&s;t, has defeated ano|ther Party of the Rebels, taking many Pri&s;oners, with one Thou&s;and Head of Cattel, and great Numbers of good Hor&s;es and Garrons, and was re&s;olved before his Return, to reduce the &s;everal Forts, and other &s;trong Places the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> are &s;till po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed of in the way to <HI>Lymerick</HI> and <HI>Cork.</HI> By a Dragoon of Colonel <HI>Nugent</HI>'s, who lately de&s;ert|ed the Enemy's Camp, we are advi&s;ed, That their Hor&s;e and Dragoons were at <HI>Annaghbegs</HI> about Two Miles above <HI>Lymerick,</HI> where there is a very good Ford; i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> being the &s;ame Place that His Maje&s;ty pa&s;&s;ed the <HI>Shannon</HI> the la&s;t Year, That they lay there encamped; but that they were very ill clad, as was the De&s;erter, and in great want of Bread and Salt. The General went ye|&s;terday to view their Camp, to make which look great, the Enemy had &s;et up all their Sheets and Blankets.</P>
<P>The 9th. All la&s;t Night and this <HI>Day</HI> we con|tinued to play from our New Battery on the Right; as likewi&s;e from another rai&s;ed this <HI>Day</HI> about Noon, which con&s;i&s;ts of eight 24 Pounders and 10 Mortars, near <HI>Ireton</HI>'s Fort (now called <HI>Maccay</HI>'s Fort) to di&s;mount the Guns that galledus from the Black Fort near St. <HI>John</HI>'s Gate, and to annoy the Enemy that lay in the Counter&s;carp; and, as by &s;everal con&s;iderable De&s;erters come into our Camp this Evening, We have an Account, that our Bombs had &s;et on fire great Numbers of the Hou&s;es in divers parts of the City; That the Be&s;ieged blew up mo&s;t of the Hou&s;es we had fired, to prevent its &s;preading; That our great Cannon had levell'd two round Towers; That we had di&s;mounted their two whole Cannon which were on the left of the Town, and like|wi&s;e four other of their Guns near the lower Gate, this Day we began to work on another Battery of 24 large Cannon and 8 Mortars. Our fir&s;t Batteries on the Right has clear'd and le|vell'd all the Pali&s;adoes, and made a Breach in the main Wall, by which we can plainly di&s;co|ver &s;ome Forts or Re-doubts that the Be&s;ieged have made within the Wall, our Guns make the Stones in the Wall fly about like &s;howers of Hail.</P>
<P>The 10th, All la&s;t Night and this Day we have continued firing ince&s;tantly from our &s;eve|ral Batteries, pouring at lea&s;t 1500 Shot, with good &s;ucce&s;s, on the Walls, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> and our Bombs and Carca&s;&s;es have &s;et Fire to the Town again in &s;everal places, which we could perfectly di&s;|cern by the Flames. We widened the Breach we had made, the Day before, in the Wall of the Town; and the De&s;erters tell us, that all the Inhabitants that were remaining in the Town being terrified with our often Firing the place, were retired over the Bridge that led into the County of <HI>Clare,</HI> and were gone to <HI>Sat<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">sfield</HI>'s Camp at <HI>Annaghbeg.</HI> All the empty Ca<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ks in the Camp were taken up in order, as was &s;up|po&s;ed, with the Pontons to make a Bridge or Bridges over the <HI>Shannon</HI> to pa&s;s it.</P>
<P>11th, the General has given Orders for all Gunners on Board the Ships in the <HI>Shannon,</HI> both <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> and <HI>Dutch,</HI> to come on Shoar to be employed in the Camp: &s;o that we &s;hortly ex|pect thund'ring Work, for by break of day, this Morning, our Cannon, by their continual playing, had &s;o widened the Breach, that it is above 30 Yards wide; We continue to play on the Enemies Forts or Re-doubts that Flank the Breach, in order to Facilitate our Entry.</P>
<P>The Militia of the City and County of <HI>Dublin,</HI> with 800 of the Northern Militia, and 1000 others Commanded by the Lord <HI>O Donnel</HI> com|monly called <HI>Baldarick O Donnel,</HI> marched to <HI>Abbyboyle,</HI> where they arrived on the 8th. The Lord <HI>Granard,</HI> who commands the Militia in chief, having Summoned <HI>Ballymate,</HI> he ordered the Lord <HI>O Donnel</HI> with 1000 of his Men, and 4 Troops of Dragoons, with &s;ome Field-places, to Attack it, where the re&s;t al&s;o will joyn in their March to <HI>Sligo;</HI> in their way the Lord <HI>O Donnel</HI> &s;urrounded <HI>Laughlin,</HI> Commanded by <HI>Theobald Dillon;</HI> and another place Command|ed by Collonel <HI>Charles Kelly,</HI> both &s;trong Ca&s;tles, Garri&s;oned by the <HI>Iri&s;h;</HI> but immediatly, upon <HI>O Donnel's</HI> appearing before the &s;aid places, they Surrendred; This Lord <HI>O Donnel,</HI> &s;ince his com|ing in, not only continues very Faithful, but has been very Serviceable in many other late Actions.</P>
<P>There has been lately taken, and their Heads brought into this City, divers Notorious <HI>Rep|perees,</HI> who were Captains or Leaders of great Bodies of them; which we hope will be a great means of totally breaking them, e&s;pecially tho&s;e about the Bog of <HI>Allen.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Re-printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to Their mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ties, 1691.</P>
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