A
LETTER
From
an
Officer
belonging
to
the
Ordnance
,
on
Board
the
Fleet
lying
in
the
Bay
before
the
Isle
of
Man
;
Giving
an
Account
of
the
Duke
of
Schomberg's
Arrival
,
and
Landing
of
the
Forces
under
his
Command
at
Carrickfergus
in
Ireland
.
Licensed
August
the
19th
1689.
J.
F.
From
the
Isle
of
Man
,
August
15th
.
YEsterday
seventh
night
we
arrived
at
the
Camp
that
was
form'd
near
High-lake
,
in
order
to
be
Transported
for
Ireland
;
and
last
Saturday
we
Slipt
our
Stores
and
Provisions
that
we
brought
with
us
;
As
also
two
hundred
and
fifty
draught
Horses
belonging
to
our
Train
of
Artillery
,
after
which
we
went
on
Board
our selves
.
On
Munday
morning
very
early
the
Duke
of
Schomberg
our
General
,
with
Lieutenant
General
Solms
,
set
Sail
,
having
Embarked
two
dayes
before
,
the
Wind
being
fair
at
East
,
with
four
Frigats
,
and
about
70
or
80
Sail
of
other
Ships
,
on
Board
which
there
were
about
12000
Land
Souldiers
for
the
Irish
Expedition
,
having
given
Orders
,
That
the
Vessels
on
which
the
Artillery
,
Provisions
and
Victual
were
Shipt
,
should
make
what
haste
they
could
after
them
under
the
Convoy
of
three
Frigats
that
were
left
to
accompany
us
,
and
joyn
him
in
this
Bay.
About
Eight
a
Clock
that
Morning
,
which
was
some
hours
after
the
General
had
been
under
Sail
,
we
set
Sail
,
and
the
Wind
continuing
fair
,
came
on
Tuesday
Morning
to
an
Anchor
in
this
place
,
being
about
44.
Sail
in
all
.
It
was
no
small
Surprisal
to
us
,
that
after
we
had
safely
,
and
with
what
haste
we
could
come
to
the
place
of
Rendevouz
,
to
find
no
Tidings
of
our
General
,
nor
meet
with
any
Orders
from
him
,
there
being
no
body
left
to
direct
us
what
we
should
do
,
or
what
Course
we
should
steer
;
however
we
were
resolved
to
stay
until
we
heard
from
his
Grace
,
which
we
had
the
good
luck
to
do
this
Morning
,
by
the
Antelope
Frigat
,
who
Sail'd
out
of
High-Lake
with
the
General
,
and
brought
us
Orders
from
his
Excellency
,
to
Sail
with
all
possible
speed
from
hence
,
and
to
come
and
joyn
him
in
the
Lough
of
Carrickfergus
,
where
the
Captain
said
he
had
left
him
Landing
the
Forces
in
the
Countrey
on
Antrim
side
.
The
Captain
tells
us
,
that
the
General
having
a
fair
Wind
,
did
not
think
it
needful
to
put
in
and
come
to
an
Anchor
in
this
place
,
being
resolved
to
make
the
best
of
it
,
and
proceed
on
his
way
:
And
further
tells
us
,
that
the
Town
of
Carrickfergus
was
not
all
burnt
down
,
but
only
some
Fort
or
Castle
that
was
on
a
Rock
that
was
blown
up
,
that
Major
General
Macarty
was
certainly
wounded
and
taken
Prisoner
by
the
Inniskilling
Men
,
who
had
given
a
very
great
Defeat
to
the
Irish
Army
,
as
they
were
endeavouring
to
retire
from
the
North
after
the
Relief
of
London-Derry
,
and
that
it
was
credibly
reported
in
those
parts
,
that
there
was
hardly
a
Body
of
500
Irish
together
in
all
the
North
Counties
of
that
Kingdom
.