An Exact account of the total defeat of the Irish army at Angrin in Connaught by Their Majesties forces on Sunday the twelfth of this instant July, 1691. 1691 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A38868 Wing E3586 ESTC R34908 14907195 ocm 14907195 102846

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 eng Ireland -- History -- War of 1689-1691 -- Campaigns. Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702. 2008-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
An Exact Account of the Total Defeat of the Iriſh Army at ANGRIN in Connaught, by their Majeſties Forces, on Sunday the Twelfth of this inſtant July, 1691. 24. July. 1691.

THIS Morning arrived an Expreſs from Ireland to Her Majeſty, with the Good News of a Total Defeat of the Iriſh Army, by Their Majeſties Forces; the ſubſtance whereof is as followeth:

That on Sunday laſt in the Afternoon, about five a Clock, our Army conſiſting of about 23000 Horſe and Foot, fell upon the Iriſh at Angrin, notwithſtanding they found them drawn out in very good Order: the Enemy conſiſted of about 8000 Horſe, and 19000 Foot. The Diſpute was very ſharp, the French and Iriſh maintaining their ground for above 4 Hours; in which time there was ſcarce one Batallion on either ſide, but were more or leſs engaged. The Iriſh Army in this their laſt Effort, behaved themſelves with great and unexpected Bravery. But at length by the Conduct of our General, the Diligence of our Officers, and undaunted Reſolution of all our Men, the Enemy were forced to give way, and fled in all the Confuſion imaginable. Our Army by this Victory became intire Maſters of their Camp, the Iriſh leaving behind them all their Baggage and Proviſion, with nine or ten Pieces of Canon.

As this was the firſt time that the Iriſh have ſhewn any conſiderable Gallantry, ſo by the Bleſſing of Providence upon our Arms, it ſerved only to render the Conqueſt more Compleat. Of the Loſs which they ſuſtained, we have in general this Account: That Mon. St. Ruth, that Monſter of Cruelty, is killed in this Action; moſt of their General Officers are killed or taken. Sarcefield is ſaid to have made his Eſcape by Flight. The Number of the Iriſh Souldiers ſlain, are computed to be about 5000. Neither was this important Victory obtained without ſome conſiderable Loſs on our ſide: Thoſe of any Note, whereof we are as yet informed, were Major-General Holſtein killed, Prince De Hermanſtadt ſuppos'd mortally wounded, Col. Herbert killed; the Lord Cutts, who had ſignalized his Courage before Limerick the laſt Summer, has received a Wound in this Action, but it is hop'd not mortal. The forementioned Expreſs being ſent away immediately upon the Action, the particulars of the Purſuit are not yet arrived: However, the Conſequence of this great Affair, can (under Providence) be no leſs than a Total and Speedy Reduction of that Kingdom to their Majeſties Obedience.

I ſhall trouble you only with one Remarque more, which as it is amazing in its Circumſtances, ſo it ought not to be paſſed over by any true Engliſh-man, without particular Thanks to Almighty God; and that is this preſent Week of Wonders, which by God's Bleſſing, has brought us more particular Intelligences of Extraordinary and Great Succeſſes both at Home and Abroad, than perhaps can be met withal in the whole Annals of Time, viz. The D. of Saxony's Paſſing of the Rhine, in ſight of the French Army; The Confirmation of the Relief of Coni, The Raiſing of the Blockade of Monmelian; The ſafe Arrival of our Engliſh-Smyrna Fleet, Our Succeſs at Athlone; and to crown all, the Account we have here given you of the intire Defeat of the Iriſh Forces.

London: Printed for R. Baldwin, near the Oxford Arms in Warwick-lane. 1691.