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He takesCarrickfer-
The Rest ofhis troopsarrive-
He is direct-ed to sendall the hiredMenoflVarto Highlake:
Is obliged toanchor at theSkerries.
wanting, and with them several smallFrigats ; The Charles Gaily, Supply,Saudadoes, Dartmouth , and Pearl, inQuest of which the Portland was sent tothe IJle of Man.
The Duke began the Siege of Carrick-fergus, on the two and twentieth of Au-gust, and, in four Days Time, madesuch considerable Breaches, and was soready for a general Assault, that theGarrison was contented to accept whatConditions he pleased to osier; whichwere; so be cbndubted with their Arms,and as much Baggage as they could carryon their Backs, to the next Irish Garri-son, which was Mewry : In the meanTime, the Rest of the Horse, Foot andDragoons, which for Want of Trans-port-Ships, had staid behind, were em-barked at Highlake, and safely landed inIreland, which were soon to be follow-ed by the Artillery, and the Horsesthereunto belonging. I shall now leavethe Duke of Schomberg to the Pursuit ofhis Conquests, and return to the Fleet.
The five and twentieth of Auguf,the Ships in the Irish Seas were disposedof in certain Stations, (n) by the Com-madore.
The Commadore himself put to Sea,and endeavoured, to the utmost of hisPower,to get Southward; But was oblig-ed, by Stress of Weather,to run into Ban-gor Bap. Here he received Orders, fromthe Lords of the Admiralty, to send allthe hired Ships of War to Highlake. Inhis Pallage from Carrickfergus he wasobliged, by a strong Southerly Wind,to bear up an Anchor at the Skerries, a-bout twelve Miles from Dublin, wheresending in the Yacht, to get Intelligenceof the Army, several Shot were fired ather, from the Shoar. Enraged at thisunexpected Treatment, he ordered theKetches in, and, manning all the Boats,landed about, two Hundred Men, whosoon cleared the Town of those whoundertook to defend it. Nevertheless,
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both Horse and Foot, he ordered the
Seamen off, lest they should be too
much exposed ; Well-knowing, that
tho’ the English Sailors are intrepid at
an Assault, they are far from being the
most orderly at a Retreat. They did ^
not, however, embark, ’till they ei- jy arves a n'd
th er staved, or brought off, all the takes all f
small Vessels, or Fifher-boats, which fall
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On the sixteenth or September , the A fruitiestCommadore entered Dublin- Bay, where Attempt onhe had formed a Design of Anchoring,in Order to send the Yacht and Ketchesinto the Harbour, to attempt the tak-ing or burning the Enemy’s Ships andVessels; But the Wind veering out;and blowing a brisk Gale, he was for-ced away.
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teen th, he gave Orders for the Yacht, a jr Co pleifand the four Ketches, to enter into the MajesticHarbour, for Intelligence; And to give Prote0i° tt ‘the People the strongest Assurances ofTheir Majesties Protection, upon theirSubmission ; But the obstinate Irish, ha-ving planted fourteen or fifteen Guns,on success.both Sides of the Harbour’s Mouth,plied hard upon the Vessels, with aShower of great and small Shot. Not-withstanding this, they proceeded, land-ed their Men, and took Possession ofthe Great Island ; However, as theShips were very foul, and in Want of allManner of Provisions, the Commadorewas obliged to quit his Station, and re-pair to the Downs, where he arrived,the thirteenth of Obfober.
This Year, the King and Queen, _ r;rf ,with the Prince and Princess of Den-mark, and both Houses of Parliament, Court difhaving accepted of Sir Thomas Pilking- in theCdftori’s Invitation to dine with him atGuild-Hall, on the nine and twentiethof Obiober, the Day of his being swornin Lord Mayor for the ensuing Year,nothing was omitted that could augment
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(») The Deptford, Eonaventure, Mary-Gally,Antelope , Supply and Fanfan- Sloop, the Ann,Charity and King s-fifher Ketches, with the Ed-ward and Susan Hoy, at Carrickfergus-
The Dartmouth and Princess Ann , at High-lake.
The Charles-G&lly, the Greyhound and theUnity- Ketch, cruising off of the Isle of Man.
The Pearl, the Henrietta- and Monmouth-Yachts, cruising between Dublin and Man.
The Portland , Saudadoes, and the fTelcome-Ketch, off of Cape Cant ire ; And
The Swallow , with Major-General Ktrke..After the Squadron had continued oXCarrick-
fergus some Time, the Commadore was desired,by the General, to take with him the Deptford,Eonaventure, Mary-G ally, Swallow, Portland,Antelope, Dartmouth, Archangel , Sampson, Scep-ter. Princess Ann, Hannibal, Smyrna-Merchant,Supply, Greyhound, and Henrietta-Y ach ts , toge-gether with several Ketches, and to cruise with*y en V°P of Kingfale, and Cork, or where else heIhoulcy judge oould do it with most Advantage.1 he Creneral kept with him, a tCarrickfergus, theCharles-GAhj, Pearl , Saudadoes, Fanfan, St.Ma-A-Merchant, and several smaller Vessels, whichwere put under the Command of Captain Roach,of the Charles-GYily.