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<HEAD>A LETTER <HI>From an Officer belonging to the Ordnance, on Board the Fleet lying in the Bay before the I&s;le of Man; Giving an Account of the Duke of</HI> Schomberg's <HI>Arrival, and Landing of the Forces under his Command at</HI> Carrick|fergus <HI>in</HI> Ireland.</HEAD>
<P>Licen&s;ed <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> the 19th 1689. <HI>J. F.</HI></P>
<P><HI>From the</HI> I&s;le <HI>of</HI> Man, Augu&s;t 15th.</P>
<P>YE&s;terday &s;eventh night we arrived at the Camp that was form'd near <HI>High-lake,</HI> in order to be Tran&s;ported for <HI>Ireland;</HI> and la&s;t Saturday we Slipt our Stores and Provi&s;ions that we brought with us; As al&s;o two hundred and fifty draught Hor&s;es belonging to our Train of Artillery, after which we went on Board our &s;elves.</P>
<P>On <HI>Munday</HI> morning very early the Duke of <HI>Schomberg</HI> our General, with Lieutenant General <HI>Solms,</HI> &s;et Sail, having Embarked two dayes before, the Wind being fair at Ea&s;t, with four Frigats, and about 70 or 80 Sail of other Ships, on Board which there were about 12000 Land Souldiers for the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Expedition, having given Orders, That the Ve&s;&s;els on which the Artillery, Provi&s;ions and Victual were Shipt, &s;hould make what ha&s;te they could after them under the Convoy of three Frigats that were left to accompany us, and joyn him in this Bay.</P>
<P>About Eight a Clock that Morning, which was &s;ome hours after the Ge|neral had been under Sail, we &s;et Sail, and the Wind continuing fair, came on <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> Morning to an Anchor in this place, being about 44. Sail in all. It was no &s;mall Surpri&s;al to us, that after we had &s;afely, and with what ha&s;te we could come to the place of Rendevouz, to find no Tidings of our Gene|ral, nor meet with any Orders from him, there being no body left to direct us what we &s;hould do, or what Cour&s;e we &s;hould &s;teer; however we were re|&s;olved to &s;tay until we heard from his Grace, which we had the good luck to do this Morning, by the <HI>Antelope</HI> Frigat, who Sail'd out of <HI>High-Lake</HI> with the General, and brought us Orders from his Excellency, to Sail with all po&s;&s;ible &s;peed from hence, and to come and joyn him in the Lough of <HI>Car|rickfergus,</HI> where the Captain &s;aid he had left him Landing the Forces in the Countrey on <HI>Antrim</HI> &s;ide. The Captain tells us, that the General having a fair Wind, did not think it needful to put in and come to an Anchor in this place, being re&s;olved to make the be&s;t of it, and proceed on his way: And further tells us, that the Town of <HI>Carrickfergus</HI> was not all burnt down, but only &s;ome Fort or Ca&s;tle that was on a Rock that was blown up, that Ma|jor General <HI>Macarty</HI> was certainly wounded and taken Pri&s;oner by the <HI>Inniskil|ling</HI> Men, who had given a very great Defeat to the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Army, as they were endeavouring to retire from the <HI>North</HI> after the Relief of <HI>London-Derry,</HI> and that it was credibly reported in tho&s;e parts, that there was hardly a Body of 500 <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> together in all the <HI>North</HI> Counties of that Kingdom.</P>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Re-Printed in the Year 1689.</P>
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