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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>A Particular Account of the Late Great Engagement In the North of IRELAND, <HI>With the Total Defeat of the IRISH, and after the Kil|ling 6000 of the Iri&s;h on the Place, the taking their Bag|gage and Ammunition, and the</HI> Scots <HI>and</HI> Engli&s;h <HI>re|maining Ma&s;ters of the Fields.</HI></HEAD>
<P>BY a Ship arrived from <HI>Drogheda</HI> to <HI>Leverpoole,</HI> we have this <HI>Advice</HI> certain|ly confirmed, <HI>Tyrconnell</HI> having according to his Re&s;olutions in Council, &s;ent an Army of Twenty Two Thou&s;and Men, whereof the one half were Hor&s;e, to Suppre&s;s with all Expedition the Prote&s;tants then and now in Arms in the North, the <HI>Scots</HI> having early notice of their Re&s;olutions and Motions, were re&s;olv'd to Advance, and Divert their Enemies as far from their own Habitations and Countrey as they could, boldly drew together about Nine or Ten Thou&s;and Men, and March'd as far as <HI>H<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">y<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">elsburgh,</HI> in the County of <HI>Downe,</HI> where they fir&s;t lighting on the Forlorn-Hope of the <HI>Iri&s;h,</HI> with a|bundance of Re&s;olution and Courage, they Attack'd them, and though they were compo&s;'d of the flower of <HI>Tyrconnell's</HI> Army, they with the fir&s;t On&s;et Rout|ed, and put them to flight, with &s;uch Confu&s;ion, that they run upon their own Foot, who were advancing, and very much di&s;order'd them, when by this time the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> coming upon them, occa&s;ioned a very brisk Di&s;pute, being almo&s;t twice the Number, came on fir&s;t with all &s;eeming Re&s;olu|tion, and being Encouraged by their Officers, who were continually buzzing their Religion, Loyalty, and the &s;mallne&s;s of their Enemies num|bers; they &s;tood the fir&s;t Brunt pretty boldly; but the Engli&s;h who knew their Lives and Fortunes depended almo&s;t on their pre&s;ent performance, at lea&s;t being the fir&s;t tryal, it &s;hould &s;o encourage the <HI>Iri&s;h,</HI> and di&s;hearten the Prote&s;tants, that it might much threaten their Total Ruin, they pre&s;t with &s;uch Vigour on them, that they were no longer able to endure, but with all Expedition Retreating, many of them threw down their Arms, and left the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> total Ma&s;ters of the Field. The Number of the Slain, con&s;idering the inequality of the Forces, were va&s;tly advantagious on the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> &s;ide, for of the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> were Slain Six Thou&s;and Three Hundred, be&s;ides many Pri&s;oners, and &s;ome of them Officers; of the <HI>Scots</HI> and <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> not quite Four Thou&s;and, and tho&s;e not near &s;o well Arm'd as the <HI>Iri&s;h.</HI> This fir&s;t Succe&s;s has very much enliven'd the poor Prote&s;tants, and di&s;hearten'd the <HI>Iri&s;h;</HI> who begin to apprehend what Di&s;advantages they ly under, when &s;o &s;mall a Number, &s;o ill <HI>Arm'd,</HI> were able to Defeat the mo&s;t &s;elect part of their whole Army, and do very much Dread the approach of the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Forces, who with all Ex|pedition, (&s;ome being already on Board) are to be &s;ent to the Relief of the poor Prote&s;tants, and total, (as we hope) Suppre&s;&s;ion of tho&s;e Rebellious Mi&s;creants.</P>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Re-printed in the Year, 1689.</P>
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