Two letters from William Basil Esq; Attorney General of Ireland; the one, to the Right Honorable, John Bradshaw, Lord President of the Councel of State: the other, to the Right Honorable William Lenthal Esq; Speaker of the Parliament of England, of a great victory obtained by the Parliaments forces in the north of Ireland, on the plains of Lisne-garvy, against the enemy there: wherein were 1400 slain, Colonel John Hamilton taken prisoner, and seventeen more of quality. With a relation of the taking of Dumcree; and of the surrender of Carrickfergus upon articles. Ordered by the Parliament, that these letters be forthwith printed and published. Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti. Basill, William. 1649 Approx. 10 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2014-11 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A76074 Wing B1028 Thomason E587_1 ESTC R206272 99865444 99865444 165494

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TWO LETTERS From William Baſil Eſq; Attorney General of IRELAND;

The one, To the Right Honorable, John Bradſhaw, Lord Preſident of the Councel of State:

The other, To the Right Honorable William Lenthal Eſq; Speaker of the Parliament of England, Of a Great VICTORY Obtained by the Parliaments Forces in the North of Ireland, on the Plains of Liſnegarvy, againſt the Enemy there:

Wherein were 1400 ſlain, Colonel John Hamilton taken Priſoner, and Seventeen more of quality.

With a Relation of the taking of Dumcree; and of the Surrender of Carrickfergus upon Articles.

ORdered by the Parliament, That theſe Letters be forthwith printed and publiſhed.

Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.

London, Printed by John Field for Edward Huſband, Printer to the Parliament of England. 1649.
To the Right Honorable John Bradſhaw, Lord Preſident of the Councel of State. Right Honorable,

SInce my laſt unto your Lordſhip, viz. on Thurſday laſt, being the ſixth of December inſtant, our Forces in the North engaged with the Forces of the Enemy there, which conſiſted of that Party which the Lords of Ardes and Clanduboys brought with them out of Munſter, and alſo of thoſe under the command of George Monro, part whereof were formerly his own, and part were of Owen O Neals Ultoghs, in the whole conſiſting of about Two thouſand Foot and Eight hundred Horſe; their Deſign was to Relieve Carrickfergus, but were met withal by ours near unto Liſnegarvy: After ſome diſpute between our Forlorn and their Rere-guard, at a boggy paſs on the Plains of Liſnegarvy, their whole Army were ſo frighted and diſordered, that they were ſoon totally Routed, and the chief work of our main Body was onely Purſuit and Execution, which was done effectually by the ſpace of about eight or ten miles. Letters from the place ſpeaks of a thouſand of the Enemy to be killed; but the Meſſenger who brought the News hither, who was preſent at the Work, affirms Fourteen hundred; four hundred whereof were killed by a Party commanded by Major King, Son to Sir Robert King, who poſſeſt himſelf of a Paſs, to which the Enemy was likely to come; this was the place where George Monro ſwam over, who with the Lord of Ardes fled to Charlemount in great haſte at the beginning of the Buſineſs: All the Enemies Ammunition and Baggage were taken, together with Five hundred of their Horſes, with moſt of their Foot Officers; Colonel Henderſon a Scotchman, who betrayed Sligo to the Iriſh, was killed; Colonel John Hamilton, one other Scotchman, who killed O Conelly, and burnt Liſnegarvy, is taken Priſoner: alſo it is affirmed, That the Lord Clanduboys, and Philip mac Mull Moor O Relly, one of the moſt active men amongſt the Rebels, are ſlain. Our Party was in purſuit of the Enemy when the Meſſenger came away; we loſt but one Corporal of Horſe, and three private Soldiers. Your Lordſhip may pleaſe further to underſtand, That Drumcree, a ſtrong Gariſon of the Enemies, being twelve miles from Trym, and a Receptacle for their Thieving Toryes, was upon Friday laſt was ſevennight taken by Major Stanley Governor of Trym. To morrow is the day whereon Carrick-fergus is by Articles to be Surrendred: Here are about One thouſand three hundred landed from England ſince Saturday laſt. It is an exceeding great comfort to us all here, to ſee the good hand of God ſo evidently with us againſt our bloody Enemies: He alone, I hope and pray, will ſettle Peace and Happineſs in England and Ireland, In the continuance of theſe his Mercies.

Dublin, 12 Decemb. 1649. My Lord, I am your Lordſhips moſt humble Servant, WILLIAM BASIL.

This night Colonel Chidley Coot is come to Town with Letters from his Brother the Lord Preſident, the ſubſtance of his Brothers Letters and his own Relation, is briefly thus:

THe Scotch Lords and George Monro, fell into the Clanboys with 4000 men, and the fifth of this inſtant the Enemy drew out their Army, and would have fought, but our Party wanting ſome Horſe, forbare to ingage; the next day the Enemy drew off, and our Army following them, ſent out a Forlorn Hope of 200 men, the Horſe Commanded by Captain Dunbar, of Sir Theophilus Jones his Regiment, and the Foot by Major Gore, of the Lord Preſidents Regiment; the 200 men fell into the Rear of the Enemy, and before the Army could come up, with the loſs of one Corporal, and two private Soldiers, routed the whole Army, of whom were ſlain in the place a thouſand men, the Preſident writes. And a Party of Horſe Commanded the neareſt way to the Blackwater, to ſtay that Paſs, ſlew Four hundred more there, where George Monro ſaved himſelf by ſwimming; the Lord Clanboys is ſuppoſed to be ſlain, and Philip mac Mulmore O Relly, and moſt of their Foot Officers; Colonel John Hamilton is Priſoner, and ſeventeen more of Quality, they gave no Quarter to any Iriſh: Thus you may ſee what wonders our God doth for us, the Lord give us thankful hearts ſuitable to ſuch mercies. All their Foot Arms taken, and Five hundred Horſe, eight Barrels of Powder, and all the Baggage they had.

To the Right Honorable William Lenthal Eſq Speaker of the Parliament of England. Right Honorable,

IN my laſt I gave your Honor an accompt of the taking of Killileagh and Down-Drum by our forces in the North; ſince which time (viz.) on Thurſday laſt, being the Sixth of December inſtant, they ingaged with the Forces of the Enemy there, which conſiſted of that party which the Lords of Ards and Clanduboys brought with them out of Munſter, and alſo of thoſe under the command of George Monro, part whereof were formerly his own, and part were of Owen O Neals Ultoghs, in the whole conſiſting of about Two thouſand Foot, and eight hundred Horſe; their Deſign was to relieve Carrickfergus, but were met withal by ours near unto Liſnegarvy: After ſome diſpute between our Forlorn and their Rereguard, at a Boggy Paſs on the Plains of Liſnegarvy, their whole Army were ſo frighted and diſordered, that the chief work of our main body was onely Purſuit and Execution, which was done by the ſpace of about eight or ten miles; Letters from the place ſpeaks of a thouſand of the Enemy to be kill'd: The Meſſenger who brought the News hither (who was preſent at the Work) affirms, Fourteen hundred; all their Ammunition and Baggage were taken, together with moſt of their Foot Officers, Col: Henderſon a Scotchman, who betrayed Sligo to the Iriſh was kill'd, and Col: John Hamilton, who kill'd O Connelly, and burnt Liſnegarvy, taken Priſoner: Our Party was in purſuit of the Victory when the Meſſenger came away; no accompt is given of the Lords of Ards and Clanduboys, but it is affirmed, That Monro adventured to ſwim over a River to ſave himſelf: We loſt but one Corporal of Horſe, and three private Soldiers, to God onely be the praiſe. Drumcree a ſtrong Garriſon of the Enemies, being twelve miles from Trim, a Receptacle for their thieving Toryes, was upon Fryday laſt was ſevennight taken by Major Stanley the Governor of Trim. To morrow is the day whereon Carrickfergus is by Articles to be ſurrendred, whereof I made mention to your Honor heretofore. Col: Moor is ſafely arrived here with his Recruits for his Regiment, and about Six hundred others, and deſires to have his ſervice preſented unto your Honor; and withal, to ſignifie unto you, That theſe men thus arrived, brought neither Arms, Victual, Money nor Clothes with them.

Whileſt I am writing, ſome other particulars worth your notice are come unto my hand; (viz.) That the Enemies. Army was at leaſt Four thouſand; And that upon the routing of them, Major King, Son to Sir Robert King, with a Party poſſeſt himſelf of a Paſs to which the Enemy was likely to come, and there kild Four hundred of them; this was the place where George Monro ſwam over, who with the Lord of Ardes made haſte away with the firſt for Charlemount; and Clanduboys and Philip Mac Mul Moor O Relly are reported to be kild, the latter being one of the moſt active men the Rebels had. To God onely again be the praiſe, and that he would be pleaſed to continue our God in the manifeſtation of his mercies toward us, and Juſtice againſt our bloody Enemies, is the daily prayer of

Dublin, 12 Decem. 1649. Your Honors moſt humble Servant, William Baſil. FINIS.