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A true account of the siege of London-Derry by the Reverend Mr. George Walker ...
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Walker, George, 1645?-1690.
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Month and the beginning of the next is spent in Preparations against the Enemy they had possessed themselves of Colrain drove all before them till they came to Clody-Bridge of which I shall give this short Account April 13. Mr. Walker receiving Intelligence that the Enemy was drawing towards Derry he Rides in all hast thither and gives Col. Lundy an Account of it but the Collonel believed it only a false Alarm Mr. Walker returns from him to Lyfford where he joined Col. B. Crofton the Enemy come to Clody-ford all Night long the Enemy and We fired at one another and in the Morning Mr. Walker took his Post at the long Cawsey as Commanded by Col. Lundy leaving Col. Crofton to maintain the Post against the Enemy which he performed with good Resolution The Souldiers having spent all their Ammunition viz. three Charges of Powder a man are forced to give way Major Stroud rallies the Horse in order to bring off the Foot The Regiment at the Long-Cawsy was in some danger having staid too long expecting Orders but got off under the shelter of some Horse followed the Army which was 10000 strong and make good their Retreat to Derry Col. Lundy and several of Quality being then at the Head of them Mr. Walker found the Gates shut against him and his Regiment and staid all Night without the Gates next day with much difficulty and some violence upon the Centry they got in Mr. Walker waited on Col. Lundy and press'd the taking the Field but he not being satisfied with the behaviour of his Army the day before gave Advice of a different Nature which did not agree with Mr. Walkers Sentiments who thought himself obliged to stand by his Men that he had brought from their own homes and not to Expose them again to the Enemy by dismissing them April 15. Col. Cunningham and Col. Richards came into the Lough from England with two Regiments and other Necessaries for Supply of Derry There were several remarkable Passages might be here inserted relating to those that came from Drumore and Colrain but as I would not reproach any so I cannot do right to all and whatever mis-fortune the difficulty of those places brought upon them the behaviour of such of them as staid in the Garrison of Derry sets them above Apologys for any miscarriage for certainly there could not be better Men in the World and many of those that left us have been exposed to Censure but I hope the World will be so just not to give Characters from things done in such a confusion April 17. Upon the News of King James's Army being on their March towards London-derry Colonel Lundy our Governour thought fit to call a Councel and that Col· Cuningham and Col. Richards that were sent from England to our Assistance should be Members of it accordingly they met and with other Gentlemen equally unacquainted with the Condition of the Town or the Inclination and Resolution of the People they make this following Order Vpon inquiry it appears That there is not Provision in the Garrison of London-derry for the present Garrison and the two Regiments on Board for above a Week or Ten Days at most and it appearing that the Place is not tenable against a well appointed Army Therefore it is concluded upon and resolv'd That it is not convenient for His Majesties Service but the contrary to land the two Regiments under Col. Cuningham Col. Richards their Command now on Board in the River of Lough-foyle That considering the present Circumstances of Affairs the likelihood the Enemy will soon possess themselves of this place it is thought most convenient that the principal Officers shall privately withdraw themselves as well for their own preservation as in hopes that the Inhabitants by a timely Capitulation may make terms the better with the Enemy and that this we Judge most convenient for His Majesties Service as the present State of Affairs now is After this Resolution an Instrument was prepar'd to be Subscribed by the Gentlemen of the Councel and to be sent to King James who was advanced in Person with his Army as far as St. John's Town it was recommended with this Encouragement There was no doubt but upon surrender of the Town King James would Grant a General Pardon and Order Restitution of all that had been Plunder'd from them Some Gentlemen were influenced by these considerations to subscribe others did not only refuse but began to conceive some Jealousies of their Governour and some tho' they did but guess at their proceedings express'd themselves after a ruder manner threatning to hang both the Governour and his Council Captain White is sent out to the King to receive proposals from him and it was at the same time agreed with Lieutenant General Hamilton that he should not march the Army within four Miles of the Town Notwithstanding which King James having some confidence given him that the Town upon His Majesties approach would undoubtedly surrender to him and that the very sight of so formidable an Army would fright them into a Compliance Upon the 18 th of April Advances with his Army before our Walls with Flying Colours His Majesty thinking it discretion to use the shelter of a Party of Horse on South-end of Derry-Hill the more safely to observe what salutation His Forces had from the Garrison Orders were given that none should dare to fire till the King's Demands were first known by another Messenger to be sent to His Majesty for that purpose but our men on the Walls wondering to see Lieut. Gen. Hamelton contrary to his Engagement not to come within four Miles of the Town approaching our Walls in such order they imagining they were by some means or other betray'd thought it reasonable to consider their own safety and to keep the Enemy at distance by firing their Guns upon them which they accordingly did The Enemy that were great strangers to this sort of exercise upon this could not be kept in any order by their Officers but some took to their heels others with less Labour could hide themselves and a great many were kill'd King James did shew himself in some disorder and much surprised to find the behaviour of his Army as well as of the Besieged so different from the character he had receiv'd of both some were apprehensive of the King's displeasure upon such a disappointment and sent Arch-Deacon Hamilton and Mr. Nevil to beg His Majesties pardon for having drawn His Majesty into so dangerous and unsuccessful an undertaking and to signify to him the difficulty of commanding or perswading so tumultuous and untractable a Rabble to any moderation or complyance but if His Majesty drew off his Army till those Gentlemen return'd and brought assurance of His Majesties presence with it of which some question was yet made they doubted not but they could bring them to a better understanding This evening King James retired with his Army to St. John's-Town In the mean
themselves Masters of that Town The Enemy lost between eight or nine thousand Men before our Walls and a hundred of their best Officers according to the best Computation we could make of both by the Information of the Prisoners we took most of these fell by the Sword the rest of Fevers and Flux and the French Pox which was very remarkable on the Bodies of several of their dead Officers and Soldiers We are now under some Impatience to see Major-General Kirk under God and the King our Deliverer Aug. 1. The Governor orders C. White C. Dobbin C. J. Hamilton Capt. Jenny and Mr. Jo. Fox both Clergy-men to wait on the Major-General at Inch to give him an account of the raising the Siege and to carry him our Thanks and desire him to come and receive the Garrison The next day the Major-General sent to us Col. Steward and Col. Richards the Engineer to Congratulate our Deliverance On Sunday the Major-General came into the Town and was received by the Governor and the whole Garrison with the greatest Joy and Acclamations The Governor presents him with the Keys but he wou'd not receive them The next day the Governor with several of his Officers Dined with the Major-General at Inch he complemented the Major-General with his Regiment That after doing the King all the Service in his power he might return to his own Profession But the Major-General desired him to dispose of it as he pleased and accordingly he gave it to Captain White as a mark of his Respect and the Gentleman 's known Merit Upon this we call a Council at Derry the Governor is prevailed on to go to the King and to carry an Address from the Garrison The Garrison is now form'd and of eight Regiments made into six After assurance from the Major-General of his Care and Favor to his Men and particularly to his own Regiment he took leave of them and embarked for England To the Most Excellent Majesty of WILLIAM and MARY King and Queen of England Scotland France and Ireland Defenders of the Faith c. The humble ADDRESS of the Governors Officers Clergy and other Gentlemen in the City and Garrison of LONDONDERRY WE the most Dutiful and Loyal Subscribers of this Address out of a deep sense of our late miserable Estate and Condition do hereby return our due Acknowledgments to Almighty God and to Your Sacred Majesty and under you to the indefatigable Care of Major-General Kirk for our unexpected Relief by Sea in spight of all the opposition of our industrious but bloody and implacable Enemies which Relief was no less wonderfully than seasonably conveyed to us and that at the very nick of time when we who survived many thousands that died here of Famine during the Siege were just ready to be cut off and perish by the hands of barbarous cruel and inhuman Wretches who no sooner saw us delivered and that they could not compass their Wicked Designs against this Your Majesties City and our Lives for which they thirsted immediately set all the Country round us on fire after having plundered robbed and stripped all the Protestants therein as well those Persons they themselves granted Protections to as others We do therefore most sincerely rejoice with all our Souls and bless God for all his Singular and Repeated Mercies and Deliverances and do for ever Adore the Divine Providence for Your Majesties rightful and peaceable accession to the Imperial Crown of these Kingdoms the proclaiming of which was justly celebrated in these Parts with Vniversal Joy and we do with all humble Submission present to Your Sacred Majesty our unfeigned Loyalty the most valuable Tribute we can give or Your Majesty receive from us And since the same Providence has through much difficulty made us so happy as to be Your Subjects we come in the like humility to lay our selves intirely at Your Royal Feet and do most heartily and resolvedly offer and engage our Lives and Fortunes to Your Service And further we do most unanimously join in a firm and unchangeable Vow and Resolution of improving all occasions of becoming Serviceable to Your Majesty in what Station soever it shall please God and your Majesty to place us and will expose our selves to all Hazards and Extremities to serve Your Majesty against the Common Enemy From all which Promises Vows and Services we and every of us promise without any Exception or Reserve not to recede unto our Lives end In testimony of all which we have hereunto subscribed our Names at Londonderry this 29th day of July Anno Dom. 1689. GEORGE WALKER John Michelbourn Richard Crofton Thomas Lane Hugh Hamill Charles Kinaston William Campbell Gervase Squire Henry Monry Henry Campsie Adam Morrow John Dobbin Alexander Steward Thomas Gughtredge Thomas Johnston Thomas Newcomen Edward Davyes John Hamilton Thomas Ash Robert Boyd Ralph Fullerton Michael Cunningham Joseph Johnston Robert Bayley William Grove John M c Clelland James Graham William Thompson James Young Richard Cormach Oliver Apton Alex. Knox Patt Moore John Humes Robert Dennison Marmaduke Stewart James Fleming Andrew Grigson Christopher Jenny Thomas Smyth Bartholomew Black John Campbell Robert Morgan Michael Clenaghan Richard Fane Stephen Godfrey William Hamilton Robert Rogers Jame Galtworth Richard Islen Arthur Hamilton Michael Rullack James Stiles James Cunningham Archibald Mc. Culloch Francis Obre Alexander Sanderson Archibald Sanderson Arthur Noble Philip Dunbarr George White Thomas White Ja. Gledstanes John Maghlin James Tracy John Halshton Joseph Gordon James Hairs Andrew Hamilton Adam Ardock Robert Wallace George Church Richard Flemin Henry Cust John Crofton Benjamin Wilkins Thomas Lane James Blair Dudley Phillips John Buchanan Edward Curling William Church Dalway Clements Albert Hall Matthew Cocken Thomas Brunett William Stewart Franc. Wilson Matt. Mc. Clellany George Crofton William Babington Robert King John Logan Alexander Rankin Edmund Rice Robert Walker James Mc. Carmick John Cochran James Mc. Cartny Warren Godfrey John Cunningham Henry Lane George Walker Hannston Andrew Bailly Daniel Mons. Cuistion John Bailly Robert Lyndsie Francis Boyd James Carr William Montgomery James Moore Nicholas White John Fuller Thomas Key Frederick Kye Thomas Baker John Hering James Hufton Adam Downing Abraham Hilhouse John Mucholland Robert Bennet William Dobbin George Garnet James Barrington Henry Pearse Alexander Ratliffe Thomas Odayre John Hamilton Henry verett Daniel Fisher John Cross William Cross Bernard Mulhollan David Mulhollan Thomas Conlay Robert Skinner Richard Robinson Robert Maghlin Matthew Clarke John Clements VVilliam Manson Theophilus Manson James Manson The DECLARATION of the Gentlemen of Derry upon the News of a General Massacre intended of the Protestants Decemb. 9. TO all Christian People to whom these Presents shall come the Mayor Sheriffs and Citizens of the City of London-derry send Greeting Having received intimation from several creditable Persons that an Insurrection of the Irish-Papists was intended and by them a general Massacre of the Protestants in this Kingdom and the same to be acted and perpetrated on or about the