An Exact ACCOUNT Of the taking by Storm the ENGLISH TOWN OF ATHLONE, JUNE the 21st.  
In a Letter from DUBLIN, June the 23th.  
ON the Nineteenth, about 3 in the Morning, our Advanced Guards began to March from Balliburno, toward Athlone, and by 9 Beat the Enemy into the Walls of the Town on this side of the River, out of some Ditches they seemed to dispute; our Men lodging themselves in those Ditches: We planted three Guns on the Ford, on that side of Athlone toward Lanesborough, and played all day on a Breast work the Enemy had about it: About six in the Morning our Cannon came up, and Nine Guns of Eighteen Pounders were drawn to a Battery, raised between Isker and Athlone: This Night came up and joined us the Party sent from Balliburno to Lanesburough, under Command of the Lord Lisburn.  
The 20th. at 7 in the Morning, the Battery was finished, and Nine Eighteen Pounders mounted; at 8 they began furiously to play on a Bastion that defended the Curtain between the Dublin Gate and the River, and by 12 made a Breach the whole breadth of the Bastion, on which they continued to play, to hinder the Enemy from making any work within the Breach: About 3 in the Afternoon, the General gave Orders for all things to be made ready, to Storm that part of the Town on this side the River; which was put in Execution about five. He detached 500 Granadiers, sustained by several Regiments of Foot, and a good Body of Horse, a Lieutenant of Camboon's Regiment Headed the first party of Granadiers, who from under the cover of a Hill, about 400 yards from the Town, advanced a good pace, and the Lieutenant with that Party of Granadiers, came to the Breach, the Enemy Firing briskly against them, all which hindered our men's advancing, who without firing one Shot, came up to the Breach, and threw in their Granades; which so frighted the Enemy, that they quitted their Walls, and fled to the Bridge: Our Men got over the Breach, pursued them bravely, and possessed themselves of the Church. The brave Brigadier Steward Commanded the Attacque, as he did the Trenches the Night before, and pursued the Enemy to the Bridge, with his Sword, hewing the Enemy, and the Men throwing Granades among them, killed a great many; and great numbers to avoid the fury of our Soldiers, leapt into the Shannon, and there perished.  
Brigadier Steward was shot in the Right Arm. We lost few Men in the Attack, and few wounded. The Enemy's loss is uncertain. We made a Lodgement at the Foot of the Bridge, where we covered ourselves with Tachines', and made a Work; And this Evening drew off our three Guns from the Ford, and the nine Guns from the Battery, into the Town. This Morning the eleven Guns, and three Mortars, left at Balliburno, were sent for. In this Action all our Men behaved themselves with great Resolution and Bravery, to the Gneral's great satisfaction. Lieutenant Colonel Kirk of Brigadier Villiers his Regiment, was shot dead by a Cannon Ball from the Castle, as he lay on a Hill to see the Action.  
From Cork, of the 19th, they write that 1500 of the Army and Militia, with four Field Pieces of Cannon of 24 l. Ball, under the Command of the Lord Justice Cox, and Colonel Hastings, Marched towards Ballicloph, a Garrison of the Enemis, and as the Letters came away, say, an Account came of some Action, and some Hundereds of the Enemies being killed: But the Particulars do not tell us.  
The Militia has likewise been scouring the Bog of Allen, and have killed several Raparees.  
This is what is worth notice, since my last has come to the knowledge of.  
Your most Obedient Servant, etc.   

London Printed, Edinburgh reprinted, Anno 1691,