A copy of Coll. Wosely's letter, to His Grace Duke Schonberg Wolseley, William, 1640?-1697. 1690 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B06682 Wing W3316BA ESTC R186810 52529125 ocm 52529125 179280

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A Copy of Coll. Woſely's Letter, to his Grace Duke Schonberg.

Licens'd, February 28. 1690.

 May it pleaſe your Grace,

I Send this to give Your Grace an Account of a Fight I had yeſterday with the Enemy at Cavan. On Munday at four a Clock in the Afternoon, I left this place, with a Detachment of 700 Foot, and 300 Horſe and Dragoons; I paſſed the River about Twelve at Night, within two Miles of Ballibays, where were two of the Enemies Scouts, who gave the Signal of our Motion, by firing ſeveral Muſquets down the River, and making a Fire on a high Hill. I carried all my Men over about One a Clock, and intended to be at Cavan an hour before day; but the Miles were ſo much lorger than I expected, and the way ſo dirty, and the difficulties ſo many, that I got not thither until half an hour after Day break; and when I came there, I found what I did not expect: The Duke of Berwick who came there the Night before with 2500 Men, with which, and the Men of the Garriſon, made a Body of 4000 Men; all drawn up in very good Order before the Town, and near the Fort. As ſoon as I diſpoſed my Men as the Ground would give me leave, I Charged them, and after an Hours Diſpute, we beat the in all out of the Field into the Fort: The Duke had his Horſe ſhot under him, and be in the Thigh. Coll. O Riely, who was Governour of the Town, was killed on the place, with two Lieutenant-Collonels, one a French-man, the other one Geogbagan an Iriſh-man, in great eſteem with them. Moſt of our M • n unhappily fell on the Plunder, both on the Field, and in the Town, ſo that we were in the greateſt confuſion imaginable, which the Enemy ſeeing from the Fort, made a very ſtrong Sally upon us, and came on ſo briskly, that I thought all had been loſs: I went with all the ſpeed I could to a place where I had placed ſome Detatchments of Foot, at the beginning of the fight, who had not been engaged at all, and as Providence had ordered, found them all there, being about 250; with thoſe, and about 80 Horſe and Dragoons, I oppoſed the Enemy, whom I judged to be about 1500; and about the ſame time, ſeeing it impoſſible to get our Men out of the Town, I ſent an Officer with a Party of Horſe, and ordered him to Fire the Town, which was immediatly done, and by that means the Soldiers were forced to quit it, and having joyned thoſe that were Fighting, we drove, the Enemy like Sheep into the Fort; which being a ſtrong place, and full of Men, and our Men Fatigued with Marching all Night, I did not think fit to Attacque it.

In this firſt Action, thoſe that were Engaged, behaved themſelves very well; it was very unfortunate to us, that the Soldiers falling on the Plunder, put me udder a neceſſity of burning the Town; for there was as much proviſion in it as would have ſerved this Garis;on Six Months, all the Houſes being full of Bread, Meal, and Wheat, and vaſt quantities of Oats and Beans. The Priſoners give an Account, That the D. of Berwick was to Command a Body at Cavan of 10000 Men, which were to be made up out of a Detatchment out of the whole Army; and the firſt place he was to Attacquc was this: which was to be done this day. This, I believe, was the Army Your Grace had ſo frequent intelligence of; But I ſuppose the neck of the Deſign is now quite broke, we having deſtroyed all their Proviſions both for Horſe and Man: And what, I believe, is a greater loſs to them (we having blown up) their Ammunition which was in Town. As ſoon as my Men are refreſhed, I'le have another bout with them for the Fort, which, I believe, they will quite of themſelves, for they have no Proviſions or Cover for their Men; and I do not ſee bow they can well keep it, now the Town is deſtroy'd.

I have receiv'd your Grace's Inſtructions about the Fortifications and Gariſon, which ſhall be carefully obſerved; I prefume Your Grace will ſend another Engineer, for Cap, Blood was ſhot yeſterday in the Side, and I do not know how long it will be before he will be in a condition to go abroad.

I do not find we have loſt above Twenty Men, and I think the Enemy loſt not above Two or Three Hundred Men. Our greateſt loſt fell on my Regiment; for my Major, and two of the beſt Captains I had, were killed; That is, Capt. Armſtrong, and Cap. Mayo. We have taken of the Enemy, Priſoners, four Captains, five Lieutenants, two Enſigns, and a Quarter-maſter.

Printed at London, and Re-printed at Edinburgh, 1690.