The battle-fields of Ireland, from 1688 to 1691
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Most of the following chapters were written some time since, at the request of the publisher, whose intention it was to present the readers of Irish history with a portable volume, which, while removing the necessity of wading through many tomes, would give an authentic account of the two leading events of a very important period,—the battles of the Boyne and Aughrim.Having undertaken the task, and performed it to the extent of his information, it appeared to the writer that, without some allusion to antecedent causes and intermediate events, the book, though it should be acceptable to some, w...
Chapters (22)
- INTRODUCTION.
- CONTENTS.
- THE BATTLE-FIELDS OF IRELAND.
- CHAPTER I. A CURSORY VIEW OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND ANTERIOR TO THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.
- CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF JAMES II. IN ENGLAND.—THE INVASION OF WILLIAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE.—FROM 1685–1688.
- CHAPTER III. EVENTS PRECEDING HOSTILITIES IN IRELAND.—THE PREPARATORY MEASURES OF TYRCONNELL.
- CHAPTER IV. FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES TO THE LANDING OF KING JAMES IN IRELAND.
- CHAPTER V. THE BATTLE OF CLADIFORD—THE INVESTMENT OF DERRY—PROCEEDINGS OF PARLIAMENT.
- CHAPTER VI. THE BATTLE OF NEWTOWNBUTLER, AND THE RELIEF OF ENNISKILLEN AND DERRY.
- CHAPTER VII. THE LANDING OF MARSHAL SCHOMBERG, AND HIS WINTER CAMPAIGN.
- CHAPTER VIII. SCHOMBERG'S CAMPAIGN CONTINUED—THE ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE OF ORANGE.
- CHAPTER IX. THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE.
- CHAPTER X. THE FINAL DEPARTURE OF KING JAMES—A RETROSPECT OF HIS CHARACTER.
- CHAPTER XI. THE SURRENDER OF DROGHEDA AND DUBLIN—THE FIRST SIEGE OF ATHLONE.
- CHAPTER XII. THE SIEGE OF LIMERICK.
- CHAPTER XIII. ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH—THE SIEGES OF CORK AND KINSALE.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE WINTER OF 1690.
- CHAPTER XV. THE ARRIVAL OF ST. RUTH—GINCKLE TAKES THE FIELD.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE SIEGE OF ATHLONE.61
- CHAPTER XVII. THE INTERVAL FROM JULY 1ST TO THE 12TH.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE BATTLE OF AUGHRIM.
- FOOTNOTES
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