JAMES determined, if his Cavalry had been in a condition
to join, to have marched in person to Dundalke, and to
have disputed that post with the Enemy

Schomberg comes to Dundalke and threatens to march on
Dublin

JAMES having assembled his Army at Droghedagh, resolves
to march towards the Enemy, though contrary to the
opinion of the French Officers

He arrives at Ardee, Sept. 14

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ib.

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378

And marches thence, Sept. 16, with his Horse and Dragoons, to the Bridge of Affain, three short miles from Dundalke; he then goes over the bridge of Mapletown, and proceeding to Allerstown, fixes on a place to encamp his Army 379 JAMES endeavours to provoke his Enemy to a Battle, which

M. Rosen opposes

380

He returns and fortifies Ardee, in order to cover the Boyne, which M. Rosen also endeavours to oppose

381

A great mortality amongst the Enemy's Army which is defeated at Sligo

382

JAMES breaks up his Camp, Nov. 3, and, hearing that M. Schomberg had embarked his Cannon, and was preparing to send his sick into winter quarters, goes himself to Dublin, November 8

Thus the Campaign ended very much to the honour and advantage of JAMES

384

ib.

1690.

SECOND CAMPAIGN IN IRELAND.

The success which had attended JAMES is succeeded by

reverses In the beginning of February his Forces are worsted at Belturbat

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386

And Charlemont, a place of great strength and importance
to JAMES, surrenders May 12 -
He meets also with disappointments from the Court of
France, notwithstanding the exertions of his Queen
Ireland was incapable of maintaining an Army, sufficient
to oppose the mighty force which England was preparing
to send

ib.

387

M. de Rosen is succeeded by the Count de Lausune who
arrives with 6000 men from France
Discord and Disunion prevail amongst the adherents of
JAMES, who still continues indefatigable in his attention
to military affairs

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390

View of the measures he had taken before the arrival of
King WILLIAM in Ireland
JAMES being informed that the arrival of King WILLIAM
and his vast Army might be daily expected, leaves Dublin,
June 16

King WILLIAM lands at Carickfergus June 14

392

ib.

393

A party of his Troops fall into an ambuscade, and are
most of them cut off
JAMES nevertheless determines to avoid a Battle, and retires
on the 23d towards Ardee, and having passed the Boyne,
June 28, he encamps with his right towards Drogheda
and his left up the River and thus with not more than
20,000 men expects the enemy, whose force was between
40 and 50,000

ib.

The Reasons which induced JAMES with only a force of 20,000 men to hazard a Battle

ib.

The next day after JAMES had passed the Boyne, King
WILLIAM's forces appeared on the other side, and drew
up over against their opponents with their right towards
Slane

394

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King WILLIAM is wounded in the shoulder by some cannon, which JAMES had ordered to be advanced against the right wing of King WILLIAM's Cavalry, that had approached the Boyne on an Eminence

Account of the Battle on the banks of the Boyne, Tuesday July 1, as given by JAMES himself in the ninth volume of his Own Memoirs

394

395.

401

JAMES, having lost the Battle, yields at last to M. Lausune's
advice and retires to Dublin, where he receives from the
Queen an account of the success at Flerus
This encouraging his design of returning to France, he
takes the opinion singly of those of his Privy Council in
whom he trusted most
Had the Battle of the Boyne been delayed, JAMES would
have had the assistance of a powerful Fleet from France,
which the exertions of his faithful Queen had caused to
be fitted out

He arrives at Brest, July 20

Is censured for leaving Ireland so soon

ib.

405

ib.

ib.

The Letter which the Queen had sent to Lord Tyrconnel from France

JAMES's project of attempting a landing in England was the real cause of his leaving Ireland, "not doubting but he could convince his Most Christian Majesty, that the most speedy and effectual way to restore him, and at the same time to break that formidable League against himself, would be to transport him with a sutable body of men into England, which then was so bare and naked of troops

The English and Dutch Fleets are beaten off Beachy Head, by the Chev. de Tourville, July 30th; being part of a plan in favour of JAMES, which the Secretary of the French Marine, M. de Signeley, had formed

408

409

M. de Signeley's retort to Mons. de Tourville when offended
at what the former had advanced respecting the destruc-
tion of the English Fleet

Conduct of KING WILLIAM after the Naval Action off
Beachy Head

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410

411

Interview at St. Germains between Louis XIV. and JAMES,
who
his project of Invasion
proposes
Reasons assigned for the assumed coldness of the French
King

What passed in the mind of JAMES

412

ib.

413

He presses only to be allowed to go on board the French
Fleet, but is refused

The Duke of Tyrconnel and Count de Lausune having assembled the greatest part of JAMES's Army, retire towards Limerick, and still make head against King WILLIAM

Athlone, where Col. Grace commanded, stands a regular siege, and forces the English to raise it after a considerable loss

King WILLIAM comes before Limerick, August 9, which is resolved to be defended-Letter sent by the Governor, M. Boisleau, to that King's Secretary

414

ib.

ib.

416

Gallant enterprise of Colonel Sarsfeild, who surprises and
blows the English train of Artillery, August 12
up
King WILLIAM proceeds with the Siege of Limerick, and
sends for a new train of Artillery from Waterford —
Opens the trenches August 17
After a furious attack, August 27, King WILLIAM being
repulsed by the determined resistance of the Irish, orders
the Siege of Limerick to be raised

And retires in haste to England, leaving General Ginkle to command his Army

II

Motives of King WILLIAM's sudden return

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418

Lord Churchill is sent to besiege Cork and Kingsale, both

of which surrender

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420

Lord Tyrconnel, on the raising of the Siege of Limerick by King WILLIAM, returns to France to solicit Supplies Louis XIV. though he began to have fresh hopes of success in Ireland, orders the Count de Lausune and his Army to return

ib.

421

ib.

Remarks on this abandonment of a Cause which it was so
much the interest of France to support
Disagreement and disunion among the Irish themselves
Great diplomatic exertions of Lord Tyrconnel, though old
and infirm

422

Four Gentlemen are sent as Commissioners to St. Germains from the Irish Army, to complain of Lord Tyrconnel ib. Lord Tyrconnel, on his way to Brest, requests JAMES to detain the Commissioners

JAMES at first refuses to see them; but at last wavers respect-
ing which Party he should endeavour to satisfy
Review of the Affairs of Scotland during the year 1690
The Earl of Annendale, Lord Ross, and Sir James Mont-
gomery of Schermarley, known afterwards by the name
of The Club, being dissatisfied with the conduct of King
WILLIAM, endeavour to restore the authority of JAMES
in Scotland-They are assisted by money from the
Queen in France to help their enterprize

They prevail with the English Government to send the
Earl of Arran from the Tower to Scotland

They send their intentions to JAMES, and make their
demands, who grants what they request and appoints the
Earl of Annendale his Commissioner, and Sir James
Montgomery his Secretary of State

424

ib. 425

ib.

426