Extension of the same inquiry, in greater detail, to the Jacobite and
Williamite war, containing a true, in opposition to the false, or
British and Anglo-Irish statements, respecting the comparative
amount of the Irish and English numbers, artillery, &c., at the
Boyne; and also a passing review and comments on the events
of that campaign, including William's repulse at Limerick,
Marlborough's capture of Cork and Kinsale, the subsequent de-
feat of Ginckle's attempted winter operations against. Kerry and
Connaught, and the great annoyance given to the invaders by
the Irish guerillas, or Rapparees...
Great preparations of the English for the next campaign, or that
of 1691, and strictures on the equally base and impolitic conduct
of the French, who, by any thing like proper succours, would
have enabled the Irish, at the very least, to maintain James on
the throne of Ireland, as is shown by the events of the war in
Ulster, previous to Kirk's and Schomberg's landing—or, in other
words, by the complete defeats of the Orange insurgents by the
Irish army, with very inferior numbers, at Dromore-Iveagh, the
passes of the Ban, and at Clady-ford before Derry, and even
by a fair view of the shamelessly-overrated Williamite defence
of that place.....
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