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<HEAD>An Exact ACCOUNT Of the taking by Storm the ENGLISH TOWN OF ATHLONE, <HI>JUNE</HI> the 21&s;t.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">In a Letter from <HI>DUBLIN, June</HI> the 23th.</HEAD>
<P>ON the Nineteenth, about 3 in the Morning, our Advanc'd Guards began to March from <HI>Balliburno,</HI> toward <HI>Athlone,</HI> and by 9 Beat the Enemy into the Walls of the Town on this &s;ide of the River, out of &s;ome Ditches they &s;eem'd to di&s;pute; our Men lodging them&s;elves in tho&s;e Ditches: We planted three Guns on the Ford, on that &s;ide of <HI>Athlone</HI> toward <HI>Lanesborough,</HI> and played all day on a Brea&s;t work the Enemy had about it: About &s;ix in the Morning our Cannon came up, and Nine Guns of Eighteen Pounders were drawn to a Battery, rai&s;ed between <HI>Isker</HI> and <HI>Athlone:</HI> This Night came up and joyn'd us the Party &s;ent from <HI>Balliburno</HI> to <HI>Lanesburough,</HI> under Command of the Lord <HI>Lisburn.</HI></P>
<P>The 20th. at 7 in the Morning, the Battery was fini&s;h'd, and Nine Eighteen Pounders mounted; at 8 they began furiou&s;ly to play on a Ba&s;tion that defended the Curtain between the <HI>Dublin Gate</HI> and the River, and by 12 made a Breach the whole breadth of the Ba&s;tion, on which they continued to play, to hinder the Enemy from making any work within the Breach: About 3 in the Afternoon, the General gave Orders for all things to be made ready, to Storm that part of the Town on this &s;ide the River; which was put in Execution about five. He detach'd 500 Granadiers, &s;u|&s;tain'd by &s;everal Regiments of Foot, and a good Body of Hor&s;e, a Lieutenant of <HI>Camboon</HI>'s Regiment Headed the fir&s;t party of Granadiers, who from under the co|ver of a Hill, about 400 yards from the Town, advanc'd a good pace, and the Lieutenant with that Party of Granadiers, came to the Breach, the Enemy Firing briskly again&s;t them, all which hindered our Mens advancing, who without firing one Shot, came up to the Breach, and threw in their Granadoes; which &s;o frighted the Enemy, that they quitted their Walls, and fled to the Bridge: Our Men got o|ver the Breach, pur&s;ued them bravely, and po&s;&s;e&s;s'd them&s;elves of the Church. The brave Brigadier <HI>Steward</HI> Commanded the Attacque, as he did the Trenches the Night before, and pur&s;ued the Enemy to the Bridge, with his Sword, hewing the Enemy, and the Men throwing Granadoes among them, kill'd a great many; and great numbers to avoid the fury of our Souldiers, leaped into the <HI>Shannon,</HI> and there peri&s;h'd.</P>
<P>Brigadier <HI>Steward</HI> was &s;hot in the Right Arm. We lo&s;t few Men in the Attack, and few wounded. The Enemies lo&s;s is uncertain. We made a Lodgment at the Foot of the Bridge, where we covered our &s;elves with Tachines, and made a Work; And this Evening drew off our three Guns from the Ford, and the nine Guns from the Battery, into the Town. This Morning the eleven Guns, and three Mortars, left at <HI>Balliburno,</HI> were &s;ent for. In this Action all our Men behaved them&s;elves with great Re&s;olution and Bravery, to the Gneral's great &s;atisfaction. Lieuetenant Col|onel <HI>Kirk</HI> of Brigadier <HI>Villiers</HI> his Regiment, was &s;hot dead by a Cannon Ball from the Ca&s;tle, as he lay on a Hill to &s;ee the Action.</P>
<P>From <HI>Cork,</HI> of the 19th, they write that 1500 of the Army and Militia, with four Field Pieces of Cannon of 24<HI>l.</HI> Ball, under the Command of the Lord Ju&s;tice <HI>Cox,</HI> and Colonel <HI>Ha&s;tings,</HI> Marched towards <HI>Ballicloph,</HI> a Gari&s;on of the Enemis, and as the Letters came away, &s;ay, an Account came of &s;ome Action, and &s;ome Hundereds of the Enemies being kill'd: But the Particulars do not tell us.</P>
<P>The Militia has likewi&s;e been &s;couring the Bog of <HI>Allen,</HI> and have kill'd &s;everal Raparees.</P>
<P>This is what is worth notice, &s;ince my la&s;t has come to the knowledge of.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Your mo&s;t Obedient Servant,</HI> &amp;c.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London</HI> Printed, <HI>Edinburgh</HI> Re-Printed, Anno 1691,</P>
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