The taking of WEXFORD A LETTER From an eminent Officer in the Army, under the command of the Lord Leiutenant of IRELAND Relateing the number put to the Sword, and the manner of the taking the said Town, with 71 pieces of Ordnance, 40 Ships, 1300 Prisoners, with store of Arms, Ammunition, Money, Plate and jewels, and the advance of the Lord Leiutenants army to ROSSE.  
And the engagement between Colonel MONROE and Colonel OCONELLY who was slain in the service.  
LONDON Printed For Francis Le●ch 1649.   

The Taking of Wexford, a Letter from an eminent Officer in the Army under the command of the Lord Leiutenant of IRELAND  
SIR,  
I Doubt not but you have long since heard of the goodness of God to our Army at Wexford, the second of October we sat down with our Army before Wexford, and found from the Enemy a seeming Compliment, Commissioners being oppointed to treat for surrender, but so soon as they had got relief of men from Ormond, they rejected all terms, all this while we continued without attempting any thing, until on the 9th. instant, we removed to the South side of the town, the 11th. we framed our Batteries against the Castle, which stands close by the Works, & commands a great part of the Line; In this we made two good breaches; after which the Governor of the Castle and three more were sent forth to treat; the Governor We dealt with a part, who was sufficiently affrighted, that we easily persuaded him to march out with his men, and let ours enter, the Commissioners for the town had in the interim delivered their Propositions to my Lord Lieutenant; who found them so unreasonable; that they were instantly by him rejected and only a brief return made, offering security from the violence of the soldier to the lives and goods of all, they ingageing not to take up arms against the Parliament, but see our just God who will not let the wicked go unpunished.  
No sooner had our men, that possessed the Castle advanced our Standard, but instantly the Rogues generally deserted the Line, and left our Soldiers at liberty to use their scaling ladders without giving the least opposition, nay, and before their Commissioners could return into Town to tell them of the offers of mercy the whole work was accomplished. In the town were 1700. men at the least, some say, three thousand, of whom we have a general belief that there escaped not above four hundred at most: many were drowned endeavouring to get over the River, and two boats sunk in which is said the Governor to have been, of ours not above 1 or two killed, in the town we found 51. pieces of small ordnance, & 20 aboard the ships, good store of powder and ammunition, about forty good vessels in the Harbour, 3 or 4 whereof, will be fit for State-service, money, plate, and Jewels was much removed out of town, but other plunder there was good store: tallow, hides, salt, and such gross commodities are reserved for the state; but all other things at the soldier's devotion. Ormond is now joined with Inchequin, both are about Rosse, their number we compute to be about 2000 horse and 3000 Foot, which is certainly the utmost they can make, their main expectation is upon a conjunction with Owen Roe; the Garrison of Youghall under the command of Sir Peircie Smith lately declared for the Parliament, but for want of seasonable relief it was again reduced by Inchequin, We begin our march to morrow to the Garrison of Rosse 12 miles hence, which we hope to obtain on composition; upon Ormonds advance towards Wexford, colonel Jones was sent with horse and dragoones to impede his march; Ormond hearing of it retreated, Jones pursued no farther than Enisorthy, from thence he inclined to Rosse, and early in the morning lodged himself under the enemy's works, sent out a party to enter the town under the notion of friendship, who past unsuspected, and had doubtless carried the business, but that one amongst them fell upon the sentinel, and so alarmed the town.  
We have lately had some loss in the North, Colonel Oconelly with a party of horse about 100 marching from Belfast to Antrim, was set upon by George Monroe with a bigger force, routed our men, Col. Oconelly and Capt. Rooper with about twenty others slain, about the same number taken prisoners, the rest escaped; The report of the country people coming out of the Enemy's quarters is, that they intent to give battle to our army within ten days, that all their Forces are drawing towards Rosse, or those parts joined with Owen Roe Oneale for that purpose, their forces besides his are reputed 6. or 7000. horse and foot, Shirlock the chief of the Tories with 80. horse is laid betwixt Catterlaugh and the Life to stop the running away of their men, who comes daily away from them to us by 30. 40. and sometime more together, Inchequin dare not trust the Irish, and is diffident of the English, they declaring their dislike of his actions every day more and more. Youghal did declare for the Parliament & Army, and had a plot to have secured Inchequin, and have sent him into safe custody to the General, but being discovered was prevented, stood upon their guard, three days against him and his forces, being not relieved was forced to submit upon promise of pardon.  
we hope before this time my Lord is so near them as to give them encouragement to try once more; since which Inchiquin hath dismounted all his Munster horse, & hath mounted Papists and Irish in their room; it is reported Owen Roe is to have six months pay for his whole army, to be commander in chief of all the Irish Natives, to have liberty to burn & destroy all the english quarters and habitations, to have the custody of one or two of the strongest garrisons yet in Ormonds' possession, which if granted as reported, Ormond and Inchiquin will signify little more than reformadoes in their Army, and the war in Jreland will end where it did begin betwixt the English Protestant and the Irish Papist.  
October the 20. 1649 faithfully thine, R. L. October. 6 1649   

Imprimatur,  
JO. RUSHWORTH.   
FJNJS.