A Particular RELATION OF THE Great Victory obtained by the Protestants in : And the taking of the Duke of Berwick Prisoner.  
To which is added, An Account of the English Courage of Robert Caston, Master of a small Vessel, that Engaged two French Privateers. With the Particular of that ACTION.  Licenced and Entered according to Order. 
MAjor-General Kirk, with the Succours for Ireland under his Command, set Sail from Liverpool for London-Derry the 21st. Instant, the Wind at E. N. E. but the Wind vering more Northerly, they were upon the 24th. forced back to a place, called High Lake, where they waited for a fair Wind.  
On Friday Night arrived at Chester an Eminent Officer of the Garrison of London-Derry, with an Express to His Majesty from the Protestants in that place. In his Passage he went on Board Major-General Kirk, to whom he gave a full Account of the Condition of the Garrison, and of the latest Actions on both sides, which according to the best and truest Relations, are as follow.  
That the Irish and French Officers being extremely Zealous in the Service, and the Emulation for Honour between both Parties being no less, they have during the time of the Siege been hotly forward and valorous in exposing their Persons; by which unlucky Contest of theirs, they have lost a considerable Number of experienced and good Officers. So that it is certain the Flower of their Army is in a manner quite destroyed.  
As to Particulars, it is credibly Reported, That having for some days played their Mortars, charged with small Bombs, into the City, though with very little damage to the Besieged, the Besiegers were drawn into a Fatal Inconvenience by the Policy of the Commanders of the Garrison. For the Governors being informed by their Spies, that the Enemy were assured of the great Mischief they had done the Town, to confirm them in that belief, and to encourage them to make an Assault, in pursuance of the Advantage which they thought they had got, ordered all the Straw and combustible stuff that could be spared in the Town, to be brought to the Walls, and so placed, as not to endanger the Houses when set on fire. They also farther ordered all the Stones, which were before the Pavements of the Streets, to be lodged upon the Walls, together with a sufficient quantity of great and small Shot, and other Warlike Preparations proper to repel a General Assault, and that all Persons should be in a readiness upon the Approach of the Enemy.  
In the mean time the Besiegers believing their Bombs had taken good Effect, continued throwing them, in hopes of further Execution. On the other side, the Protestants set all their Combustible Matter on fire, which raised a great Flame, and not only heightened the Conceit of the Besiegers, as done by their Bombs, but, as the Wind than sat, drove the Smoke into the Camp of the Besiegers. However, notwithstanding that disadvantage, so confident they were of the success of their Bombs, that they advanced to the Walls, and with as great Fury as they were numerous, began the Assault. But to their Astonishment and Confusion, they were received with such an unexpected Bravery, that several hundreds of their best Men were killed in Scaling the Walls; which was such an Encouragement to the Besieged, that at the same time Sallying out of the Garrison, they took, as is Reported, the Duke of Berwick Prisoner, 27 Inferior Officers, 5 Field-Pieces, and one Mortar, with several other Arms, and had the Plunder of the Field for several Miles, with a very inconsiderable Loss to the Besieged; who the two next days, that is to say, Tuesday and Wednesday, the 14th. and 15th. Instant, made two brisk Sallies upon the rallied Irish, whose Outguards lay at the distance of more than twice Canonshot from the City, waiting for the last Reinforcement which was sent them from Dublin.  
The Governors have sent the Besiegers a Message by one of their own Party, who was taken Prisoner, That if they use any Violence or Cruelty to such of the Protestants as may be under their Power or shoot any more Bombs into the Town, they will not only hang up the Duke of Berwick, and such other Prisoners as they have in their Custody, but all that they shall afterwards take.  
From Dublin we are informed, that there are strange Divisions in their pretended Parliament there; for that the Irish Members, perceiving the late King's Designs to subject them to the French, with all the Eloquence and Speeches they can make, oppose the Designs of their pretended Sovereign. So that it is hoped that in a short time the Eyes of the very Papists in Ireland will be opened, to see the mischievous Designs of their pretended King to enslave them to a Foreign and Tyrannic Power.   

An ACCOUNT of the English Courage of Robert Caston. Master of a Small Vessel, that Engaged Two French Privateers. With the Particular of that Action.  
ON Thursday, May the 16th. 1689. Robert Caston of Ipswich, Master of the Richard's Advice of Ipswich, Burden 400 Tuns, sailed from Newcastle in Company of about 20 Sail more Loaden Colliers for London; and on Saturday following, off of Foulness, were met by two Dunkirk Pickeroons, one of 18 Guns, and 130 Men, the other of 4 Guns, and 55 Men, who, as the Prisoners confess, having made the Fleet, resolved to attaque and carry this Caston's Ship, as being Admiral, promising themselves all the rest easily, and accordingly came up with her to Rights. Caston had but 6 Guns, his Son, 11 Men, one Gentleman, and three Gentlewomen Passengers, and through fear deserted by his Consort, (who promised to stand by him) all the rest having no Guns, stood away as fast as they could, and were by his Fight saved. The Pickeroons poured in their great Shot, and Boarded him three times with a great number of Men, and as often were beat off, and the Decks cleared by the English Smallshot and Courage; insomuch, that the French seeing their Men drop so fast, and very much disabled in their Hulls, threw in two Granades into the Round-house, where the Master and two Men more were, but received little hurt, though they burnt and broke. The Engagement continued from One a Clock in the Afternoon until Four, when the French seeing no hopes of carrying her, sheered off, leaving behind them on board the Collier, Swords, Cuttle-axes, Muskets, Pistols, etc. as also two of their Men (now Prisoners) one a Dane, the other an Ostender, and divers of their Men dead, and hanging on the Stays and Sides of the Ship, and bore away for Dunkirk, whence Advice is since come, that the biggest was so disabled, that they had great difficulty to get her into Port, and presently to take out her Guns, to keep her above Water; and that they lost in the Fight the  two Prisoners, 20 killed outright, and 12 wounded, some Mortally.  
The Master received a slight Wound with a Splinter in his left Leg, and a small Bruise on his Thigh, his Son a Wound in his Face, and two of his Men hurt, but none of them dangerous.  
The Passenger had the Misfortune from the very first Broadside, to have his Leg sore broke and shattered, as not to be able to make any Defence; his Name was Charles Rogers, and taken on Board at Newcastle. So soon as the Fight was over, the Master in three hours got into Yarmouth, where he got the assistance of three the most able Surgeons could be had, to dress Mr. Rogers of his Wounds; but they were all of Opinion, the only means left in probability to save his Life, was to cut off his Leg, which they did, but he died soon after it, and was decently buried at Yarmouth at the Charge of the Master.  
And the said Mr. Rogers being a Stranger to the Master, and all in the Ship, it's thought fit to add to this Relation, as follows.  
There was found in his Pocket a Certificate from one Thomas Creed, Dated the 30 of December, 1687. Testifying, That Charles Rogers served him Eight Years very faithfully, etc. Also a Pass, in the words following.  
THese are to Certify, That Charles Rogers, a Gentleman, Riding in my Troop, in the Honourable Col. Edward Villers Regiment, at his own Request is discharged the Service, in Order to his better Preferment. Given under my Hand the 11th. of May, 1689.  
FR. ROGERS.  
On Saturday last the Master brought his Ship up the River to New Crane, where she now lies, and the two Prisoners on Board him.  
The Honour this brave Master hath done to his Country and to his Profession, will, no doubt, not only meet with a suitable Reward and Encouragement from the Government, but a grateful Acknowledgement from those Owners and Freighters, who by his, and his handful of Men's Courage, had their Properties rescued out of the hands of the Cowardly Enemies.   

London: Printed for Richard Baldwin, near the Black Bull in the Old-Baily. MDCLXXXIX.