THis day our Army is returned with a most glorious Victory, which God (beyond mans expectation) did give them in the County of Wexford upon the 18. of this moneth, which though my selfe and others had a particular losse in it, by the death of my Cozen Alexander Burrowes, who since dyed of some wounds then received, yet (in the generall) was the most considerablest day that we had in this Province since the Rebellion. Our designe being at first to take in Wexford, & Rosse, my Lord Marquesse did martch forth hence, with 3000. Foot, and about 1000. Horse, 7. peeces of Ordnance, whereof two were for Battery, and tooke in by the way some garrisons man'd by the Rebells, as Castle-martin, Kildare, Tully, Moone, Colbinstowne, and Ballynourg [...], which were delivered up upon quarter (but their Armes) which wee had in every place; And also Tynollin which wee got perforce, wherein were 510. persons put to the Sword, whereof there were 14. Gentlemen of the Archboulds; Our men having martch'd safe­ly to the County of Wexford, they came before [Page] Rosse. Upon the 11. of this moneth, at which time there were not above 200. within to man the Towne, but before Monday night there were a­bove 2000. put in, which by reason of the open Bay towards Waterford and Kilkenny, and for want of Shipping or Boates, we could not prevent. And upon munday our Ordnance made a large breach on the Walls, that twenty might martch in front, and our men having entred, were (to give the Divell his due) manfully repulsed, and beaten backe twice, to the losse of 16. of our common Souldiers, in which attempt two of our [...] Maiors were hurt, but not mortally, by name Morris and Hamond: from Monday untill Friday they continued the Siege, expecting hourely a supply of Ammunition, and Victuals, that was to come to them from hence by Sea; which failing them, by reason of the contrary winds, they were inforced to rayse their Siege, and to martch homewards, and that night encamped within three miles of Rosse, and the next day being Saturday, the 18, the Enemy gave us Battaile, at a place cal­led Ball [...]aggy, where we had the vantage of the Sun, and the wind, yet they being over confident by reason of their numbers, which were gathered from all parts of the Kingdome, amounting to 8000, Foot, and 700. Horse, admirably well ar­med, and mounted, being their most resolute and best, men did set upon us in that place, thinking to cut off every mothers son of us, and to give quar­ter to none except my Lord Marquesse himself, & [Page] so to march to Dublin, and to make an end of these Warres, as some of their owne Prisoners have since confessed, and to say truely of them, it is confessed of all sides, that upon the first charge, their Horses put ours to the worst, but our Foot wherein my Lord Marquesse himselfe was in the head, and our Ordnance did performe their parts so gallantly, that after halfe an houres fight (du­ring which time the day was very doubtfull) the Rebells were routed and put to flight, there Ge­nerall Preston with most of his men made all the speed he could, to a wooden bridge neere Sir Ed­ward Butlers house, where having got over, broke downe the Bridge, fearing that ours would follow him to Kilkenny, but it is most certaine, that hee lost 300. of his best and eminentest Comman­ders which were staine or taken Prisoners, besides a great number of others that had no command, (together with 16. Barrels of Powder, and great store of Bullet and March) insomuch that some who saw them dead and knew them well, doe af­firme that none of any quality in the Counties of Kilkenny, Wexford, Wickle, or C [...]lo [...], but have lost either a son or a brother, and for such as I could informe my selfe of, I have sent you a List of their Names: Thus you see how God doth still miraculously preserve us, I pray Heaven to make us truely thankfull unto him: much more might be done, if wee had but more men to make good them places that would be gotten in, [Page] which now we cannot doe for feare of weakning of our Army.

ABout three weekes since, the Lord Moore, and Sir Henry Titchborne, marched from Tredah, with one thousand foote, and one hundred and fifty Horse, (some of either being borrowed from Dundalk, and other garrisons) in­to the County of Cavon, in that Towne they met with no manner of opposition, but found great plenty of provisions, all the Rebells having for­saken it, from thence they martched to Belturbat, and in their way thither, they were to passe two streights, or paces, which were appointed by the Rebells to be mann'd with foure hundred in ei­ther, in one of them they fought with them, but our Army beate them out of their Trenches, and Works, and tooke Prisoners one of the prime of the O Rel [...]es▪ who commanded in chiefe when we lost our six hundred Men, and Armes, at the first going to Tredah, the said O Relyes Sonne, and divers of that name, and sect, and others ta­ken prisoners, and kil'd.

In the prime O Relyes pocket, was found a let­ter written by the Lord of Gormonston, (during the time of the late Treaty of Trim) directed to [Page] Owen Roe, O Neale, Generall of the Vlster Forces, and to this O Relye, wherein he advised them to make all the strength they possible could for the taking in of all the English Garrisons, presuming that they were very much weakned, by my Lord Marquesse of Ormonds going abroad with so great an Army.

In an Island belonging to Verginia in the Coun­ty of Gavan, they found the Earle of Tingalls eldest Sonne, and Daughter, and brought them, and o­ther Prisoners away with them.

They tooke about three thousand Cows, but they were so weake, that they could bring with them to Tredath but seven or eight hundred.

In their returne to Tredah, Owen Roe, O Neale, advanced with three thousand men, and came within seven miles of them, but came no neerer, so as all our men returned safe home and O Neale and his Forces, gon back into the North.