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THE COPPIE OF A LETTER WRITTEN FROM the Lo. Viſcount of Gormanſton unto Sir Phelim ô Neale.
Which Letter is all written by the Lord Gormanſton's own hand, and was found in Sir Phelim ô Neale's Cloak-bag, when on the 16. of Iune 1642. the ſaid Sir Phelim, Rory mac Gwyre, ſome of the mac Mahownes, the mac Geniſes, and mac Cartan, the ô Cahans, Coll Kittagh, mac Donells ſons, and the reſt of the Rebells gathered from the ſeverall Counties of Tirone, Antrim, Armagh, Downe, Fermanagh and Donegall. And alſo ſome out of the EnWilliam Stewart, and by Sir Robert Stewart with part of their two Regiments, 300. of Colonell Gore's Regiment, foure Companies from the Derry, and Capt. Dudly Phillips with his Troope of 60. horſe, in all not exceeding 2000. foot and 300. horſe.
Whereunto is added Sir Robert Stewarts Letter to the Right Honourable Sir Iohn Borlaſe Knight, one of the Lords Iuſtices for the GovernIreland.
DVBLIN: Printed by VVilliam Bladen. 1642.
Our forces here ſhall be ready to aſsiſt you on the leaſt notice, which may be don from hence, for all places about Ardee are ſo conſumed with fire, that there can be no meate had for the Souldiers, for want whereof they will doubtleſſe diſperſe, they are ſo prompt thereunto upon the leaſt
I can write you no Newes from about Dublin, but that Ours have burned a ſtreet in the Suburbs, and have good ſtore of for
Directed thus on the backſide,
For his Noble and much reſpected Kinſman Sir Phelim ô Neale, Generall of the forces of Vlſter. Theſe
Preſume I need not informe your Lordſhip of the ſeverall Encounters theſe Regiments have had with the Rebells, how in a place of the greateſt advantage for the Rebells, of any in Ʋlster, after relief of the Caſtles of Donegall, Balliſhanon
and Caſtlerachan, and bringing off Sir Ralph Gore, his houſe being no place of Strength, in our returne we were aſſaulted in the middle of a wood growing upon ſteep Mountaines on every ſide, at a very ſtrait paſſe, by neer two thouſand Rebells, our forces not exceeding much twelve hundred, we forced the paſsage, and ſo beate them in their own known choiſe grou ̄d, brought off all, after a skirmiſh continued five houres, and made a ſafe retreate, with little or no loſse at all, having killed above a hundred of the Rebells. I preſume alſo that your Lordſhip hath heard of our marching to ô Cahan's Countrey, where with ſome eighteen hundred, my own, Sir VVilliam Stewart, and Sir Ralph Gore's Regiments, aſsisted with ſome
foure Companies out of Derry, we did encounter two thouſand foure hundred rebells beat them, killing two hundred, took nine or ten Colours, & took in the Caſtle of Dungiven, taking priſoner one of the chiefeſt of the Sept of the ô Cahans, releeved Colrane, and victualled the two Caſtles of Limavaddy and Ballicaſtell, yet defended by the Brittiſh, and ſo having killed ſome three hundred more, which we found in ſcattered Companies, by twenties and thirties at a place, called Macgillegin, we retired home with very little or no loſſe at all, as alſo how Sir Phelim ô Neale with ſome foure thouſand coming ſtrong to aſſault us the 25. of Aprill, was beat, & put to the flight by ſome two thouſand of ours, having lost one hundred
men, we were ſtopt from proſecuting the victory, and purſuing the Rebells, by reaſon of the boggs, impaſſable for our horſes, That which now I would impart to your Lordſhip, is a late conflict which befell on the 16. day of this moneth of June, The Rebells being gathered from all quarters, chaſed by the Engliſh and Scots forces, from the ſeverall Counties of Tirone, Antrim, Armagh, Downe, Fermanagh and Donegall, under the Comand of Sir Phelim ô Neale himſelf, Collonell a Caen, lately arrived from Spain, after twenty yeers travells abroad, aſsisted by Coll Kittaghs ſons two Scots High-landers, with many high-landers more, making up in all ſix thouſand foot and five hundred horſe, the former night having ſtood in armes at a halfe a mile and leſſe diſtance all the night, that morning about ſun-riſing
our forces being drawn up in number not exceeding much two thouſand foot and three hundred horſe, after we had ſent out ſome comanded Muſquettiers, and horſe, to view the rebells more neere, who being drawn up very orderly, upon the approach of our Commanded men from a hill oppoſite to us, where they lay the night preceding, and were then drawn up in two brigades, judging that our body ſhould have faln down, to have ſeconded them, came on with a furious and ſwift March, making a terrible out-cry in their march according to their maner, but our men having received orders to retire to the body, if they were aſſaulted, did retire accordingly, and in retiring gave fire, the Rebells apprehending that retreat to be a flight, marcht ſtreight cloſe together in two brigades towards ours, which after we
had perceived, having obtained our end, in drawing them towards that litle hill, where we were ſcituat, we began to march ſlowly, they ſtill advancing, Coll Kittaghs ſons (cryed up for their valor as invincible Champions) with their high-landers and ſome others aſsaulted my brigade fiercely, inſomuch that they were not far from coming to puſh of pike but ſeeing the reſolution and constancy of our men advancing ſtill, and not looſing ground, galling them with continual ſhot, finding their reare to ſhrink back first, and then to flie at laſt, after a quarter of an houres ſtand, they turned faces, and ſo did all that Brigade flie, which that which was oppoſite to Sir William Stewart ſeeing, did beare their Countrey-men Company, and ſo fled confuſedly, their troops (never ſo much as offering once to draw near, far leſſe to charge) took the ſame courſe the
foot took, we had the chaſe and execution of them for ſix or ſeven miles, killed as is thought five hundred, tooke ſome Colours, and gained divers Armes and Drums, beſides the dead, many we heare are dangerouſly, if not mortally wounded, This is now the ſecond time that the titular Generall Sir Phelim, with his farre greater forces hath been beaten in the field by us, with an happy ſucceſse, which I pray the Lord of Hoſts to continue to ours, and all other Brittiſh forces in Ireland, that at laſt we may ſee our deſire upon our Enemies, and the Crown of this Monarchy flouriſh upon our Kings head in peace.