An Exact RELATION of Routing the Irish Army under Sarsfield, and of the Hostages agreed on, in order to a Capitulation for Surrender of Limerick into Their Majesty's Hands.  
ON Friday the second Instant, we had Letters of 22d September, from the Camp before Limerick, with Advice, That on the Nineteenth the Great Cannon for Battery having done their designed office, were ordered from off the Batteries and carried down to be put on Board the Ships in the River, and Orders given to the Commanders of all the whole Squadron, forthwith to destroy and bring off all the Enemy's Corn, Forage, Provisions, etc. which they could come at all along the Shannon, on Clare side, in order to straighten the Town, which had all its support from that County, and the County of Kerry; which latter, Brigadier Leviston had already so reduced, that most of the considerable Inhabitants had taken Protection from him, and but a few days before had routed the main Body the Enemy had in that County, which consisted of two Regiments of Horse, and of Foot and Rapparees, near Three thousand.  
Things standing thus, a Council of War was called, and a Resolution taken to pass over the Shannon, and reduce Clare, or fight Sarsfield. And pursuant hereunto, the General disposed all things proper in the Camp.  
And on Tuesday the Twenty second of September early in the Morning, accompanied with the Prince of Wirtemburgh, the Prince of Hesse, General Sravenmore, etc. with Ten Regiments of Foot, Fourteen Field-pieces, Eight days Subsistence, and all the Horse and Dragoons, (excepting Colonel Coys Regiment, and Fifty from out each Regiment that marched) marched over the Bridge of Pontoons into the said County of Clare. The Enemy during their March to the said Bridge, not sparing their Cannon Ball.  
The same Letters gave us an account, that the Town was extreme short of Provisions, and could not subsist Ten days, and were much divided in their Resolutions; as also that after the Defeat of their Four Regiments of Dragoons, Commanded by Brigadeer Clifford a few days before, and Sarsfield Decamping towards the Mountains with their whole Body. They were within for a Surrender, and on the brink of Mutiny, of which advice being Convoyed to Sarsfield, he in the Night threw himself into the Town with a great Body of Horse, some say 1500, designing to watch our drawing off, and to Sally upon our Rear.  
The General left before the Town Major General Maccay, Major General Talmash, and a sufficient strength to secure the Works and Trenches against all the Force could come against them, and orders to continue (as they had done before) night and day without intermission to Play upon the Town, which our Camp expected would have made a vigorous Sally the 23 or 24th. but they had not the Courage so to do, though reinforced by Sarsfield, of whose coming in we had no intelligence.  
On Sunday Morning October the fourth, an Eminent Citizen who hath been very happy and early in his Intelligence from Ireland, waited on Her Majesty with Three Letters from persons of known Reputation and Integrity, which give the following account, viz. That the General and Army marched up into the County of Clare, to find out the Enemy, and on the 23 met with them, Commanded in Chief by Dominick Sheldon, the Lord Galmoy and others, who took their March towards Limerick; the General followed them hard, and on the 24 not far from Limerick, fought and beat them killing 600 on the place, and took 300 prisoners, amongst which are one Colonel, three Lieutenant Colonels, fifteen Majors, 22 Captains, and divers Subaltern Officers.  
The routed Enemy fled to Limerick over the Shannon-Bridge, and our Men pursued them so close, that many went in with them; and had not the Governor shut Thomond-Gate, our whole Army had fell in Pell-mell into the Town, and taken it by Storm.  
By the governor's shutting the Gate, and drawing up the Bridge, many of the Enemy were shut out, and left to the Mercy of our Men; which the Irish within seeing, forced (as it's thought) the Governor to hang out a White Flag.  
And immediately a Centinel was sent into our Camp to Major-General Talmash, to know on which side General Ginkle was, in order to a Capitulation; and forthwith a lieutenant-colonel from our Camp, and a lieutenant-colonel from our Governor, were sent on Clare side to the General, to acquaint him therewith: who in a little time consented thereto; and the Hostages were agreed on, viz. for the Town, Sarsfield and Wahoup; and for the General, the Prince of Hesse, and Major-General Scravenmore; who were immediately exchanged accordingly.  
So that we may reasonably believe, the next News from Ireland will be an Express from the General, with the Articles and Day of Surrender: Which will put an end to that War, and determine the many Wagers depending on Michaelmas-Day; before which, or on that day, it's thought the Capitulation will put it into Their Majesty's Hands. Whom GOD grant long to Reign.   

London: Printed for J. Smith, near Fleet-Bridge. 1691.