A Full and True ACCOUNT Of Two Famous and Signal VICTORIES Obtained by Their Majesty's Forces OVERDO THE IRISH REBELS. 

The First over General Sarsfield, near the Shannon, Raising the Siege of by'r, taking all their Cannon, and Killing an Hundred and Sixty on the Spot, driving them over the Shannon.  
The Second over Four Thousand Raparees; the Killing Five Hundred of them, and taking all their Arms.    
Also the Arrival of Sir Clovesly Shovel with Their Majesty's Fleet. With many other Material Occurrences.  
In a Letter from Dublin.  
SIR,  
SINCE my last, of the Action of Major General Scravemore and Tetau, and that of Levison's Dragoons, we have received the following Accounts from our Forces: That ●ome Scouts of M. General Scravemore, ●ad Two days ago brought to him Two Raparee Prisoners they had taken, who were sound to be Officers among ●hem, and very Intelligent Persons, up●n their Examination they could not ●e brought to Confess any thing about their Associates, or where the chief Rendezvous of any Numbers of them were, upon which one of them were immediately Executed, and Orders were given for the Execution of the other, upon which he confessed where a great Body of them were: The General immediately ordered a strong Detachment to be sent with the Guide, who marched secretly by covered ways, till they came near to a Mountainous place, between which, in a great Vale, were got together between Three and Four Thousand of them, with a great quantity of Cattle, that they had gotten from the Counties adjacent (they were Carousing themselves, some taking of Snees, others Smoking and Drinking;) upon the approach of our Forces, the Raparee Rebels gave a great Shout or Cry, like that of the Turks, seeming to come on with a great deal of Resolution; but on our Forces first Fire they immediately Fled, leaving their Prey of Cattle, and most of their Arms, among which were Fifty Silver Hilted Swords, supposed to belong to their Chief Officers: Our Forces pursued them with a great Slaughter, killing between Five and Six Hundred of them, and taking many Prisoners.  
We likewise have an Account from Connaught-side, That the Body of the Irish, consisting of between Five and Six Thousand, that have been moving for some time, about the Shannon, Commanded by Sarsfield and others, having crossed the Shannon and come on this side, they Marched with Five Cannon to a strong Town and Castle called by'r, which belonged to one Sir Laurence Parsons, it's Situated within Two Miles of the Shannon, Fifty Two from Dublin, and as many from Cork, and being come within Two Hundred Yards of the Place, they sent a Summons to the Governor to Surrender, who had in it a Garrison of about Eighty Soldiers, besides Townsmen in Arms; the Governor sent back a Resolute Answer, That he knew no King but King William, for whom he kept the Castle, and to whom he hoped to be able to give a good Account of his Trust, by a Resolute Defence; on which the Enemy raised a Battery with their Cannon, from whence they Played pretty briskly on the Place; the Garrison at the same time (and while the Battery was raising) Played as briskly from the Castle on the Enemy, and killed a great many of their Men; while this was doing, Lieutenant General Douglas; and Sir John Lanier, who were going in Pursuit of Sarsfield and his Parties, hearing the Guns Play too● the Alarm, and by their Scouts or Advanced Parties, had Advice brought them, that the Enemy had laid Siege to by'r, on which they immediately Marched thither with their whole Force, upon whose Approach the Enemy raised th● Siege, and retired over the Shannon again, leaving their Cannon and Baggage and about 160 of their Company Dea● on the Place, which had been Killed b● the Cannon from the Garrison.  
We have an Account from all hands That the Irish are fallen under miserabl● Necessities, and what is more to ou● Comfort, things are like to grow muc● worse with the Rog●●s. The Trained Bands or Militia of ●he several Counties, Cities, and Towns in Their Majesty's Possession, are Raising, and man● Raised and Armed to be in a posture 〈◊〉 assist in Defending the Country People this Winter from the Insolences and Villainies of the Raparees. Trade gins t● Flourish, and fall into its old Channe●● again: And the Effects at the Customs House advances very much. The greatest Want we fear this Winter is Coal for Firing.  
Sir Clovesly Shovel, with his whol● Fleet, came into the Bay of Waterfor● Two Days since, and we hear he is Sailing again towards the Coast of Galway in search of some French that we hea● is Crusing ; but we hea● not one Word of the Grand Fleet.   

London, Printed for T. Cooper. 1690.