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<HEAD>An ACCOUNT of Major General KIRKS's Safe ARRIVAL at LONDON-DERRY: <HI>With Allowance,</HI> June <HI>the</HI> 21&s;t, 1689.</HEAD>
<P>AS there is nothing more de&s;ireable than to hear the Glad-Tidings of the &s;afe Arrival of Maj. Gen. <HI>Kirk,</HI> Sir <HI>George</HI> St. <HI>George</HI>'s Regiments, at <HI>London-Derry;</HI> So we are now a&s;&s;ured, that to the Inexpre&s;&s;ible Joy of Colonel <HI>Walker</HI> their Governour, and all the <HI>Prote&s;tants</HI> in Gari|&s;on: They came with their Ships being 24 Merchant-men, and 3 of His Maje|&s;ty's Men of War, the 13th In&s;tant.</P>
<P>Upon his Arrival at the Mouth of the River, he found it Block'd up, there being a Battery Planted on each &s;ide of it, which run in a pretty way into the River; and the middle of it was filled up with great Boats that were &s;unk in it, and a Bome acro&s;s, and other &s;uch things, &s;o that it was not po&s;&s;ible for any Ship to get over. The Major General finding things in this ca&s;e, was re&s;olved to make his Entry, and fir&s;t, he plaid Briskly with his great Guns from the Fri|gots upon the two Forts, as likewi&s;e with &s;mall Shot; and the Forts being not &s;o high as they ought to have been, he had the Advantage of them and Di&s;|mounted all their Cannon, which he took, though his Frigats are much &s;hat|tered; after he had Di&s;mounted their Cannon, he &s;ent off &s;everal Boats, with Hooks, and &s;uch In&s;truments as they u&s;e to Heave up their Anchors with, and they at la&s;t made &s;o much way, as for one Ship to go &s;afely over, and &s;o they all followed one after another, and Arrived &s;afely at <HI>London-Derry,</HI> to the Un&s;peak|able Joy of tho&s;e poor Di&s;tre&s;&s;ed People, who by the help of God, will now be able to hold out till &s;uch time as His Maje&s;ties Army Arrives, which will be very &s;peedily. The Major General lo&s;t in this Expedition about Three Hun|dred Men, and 'tis not doubted but double the Number is Killed of the Enemy.</P>
<P>He carried with him, Provi&s;ion, Powder and Ammunition for their Relief, <HI>viz.</HI> 500 barrels of pouder, 6000 Arms and Provi&s;ion for Ten Thou&s;and Men for three Months, all which was taken from on Board, and repo&s;ited in particular Store-hou&s;es, and &s;ome of it delivered out to the Gari&s;on, and a Di&s;tribution made of Ten thou&s;and <ABBR><HI>l.</HI></ABBR> which the King &s;ent as a Donative to the Gari&s;on, but a particular Reward to Coll-<HI>Walker,</HI> and the re&s;t of tho&s;e Noble Chi&s;tains that have &s;o bravely Signalized their Valour again&s;t the E|nemies, and who without all doubt will no le&s;s behave them&s;elves for the future, they having couragiou&s;ly re&s;olved upon the next Effort the Enemy &s;hall make upon them to march out and give them Battle, and enlarging their Quarters into the Country; being a&s;&s;ured from <HI>England,,</HI> that Duke <HI>Schomburgh</HI> is &s;peedily to their A&s;&s;i&s;tance, with a Gallant Army of 25 or 30000 Men, with a proportionable Train of Artillery; and 'tis not in the lea&s;t to be doubt|ed but that his Grace will &s;oon Reduce tho&s;e Rebellious and Stubborn <HI>Papi&s;ts</HI> &s;upported by the A&s;&s;i&s;tance of the <HI>French</HI> King, who we doubt not al&s;o &s;ud|denly to &s;ee Reduced by the Confederate German, and Belgick Forces as low as the <HI>Pyrenean</HI> Treaty: And there being now a conjunction of the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> and <HI>Dutch</HI> Fleets, who will be undoubtedly Ma&s;ter of the&s;e Narrow-Seas; Some great Enterpri&s;e perhaps of making a de&s;cent in <HI>France</HI> it &s;elf will be at|tempted, there being divers Regiments of Infantry on Board the <HI>Dutch</HI> Fleet, for what Service &s;hall be judged mo&s;t requi&s;ite: And the great News being brought us, that the Affair of <HI>Hol&s;teine</HI> being compremi&s;hed; His <HI>Dani&s;h</HI> Maje&s;ty re&s;toring that Duke to his Country, and quitting all his Engage|ments to <HI>France.</HI> His Maje&s;ty of <HI>Sweden,</HI> is &s;ending 10000 of his Forces to King <HI>William's</HI> Service, with &s;ome of his Ships of War: Which as it will be a great Reinforcement, &s;o 'tis not to be que&s;tioned, that if it be thought fit to Employ them in <HI>Ireland.</HI> We &s;hall &s;oon hear that they will po&s;&s;e&s;s them|&s;elves of their Metropolis <HI>Dublin,</HI> notwith&s;tanding the boa&s;ted Army of the <HI>French</HI> and <HI>Iri&s;h.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Re-Printed in the Year, 1689.</P>
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