AN EXACT ACCOUNT Of the Taking of the Pass of Butlers-Bridge, And of the Demolishing of CAVAN.  
With the PARTICULARS of Defeating the Irish Forces at those Places. In a LETTER from an Officer at BELTURBET, to a Person of Quality in LONDON.  
licenced March 29. 1690.  
SIR,  
YEsterday at Four in the Afternoon colonel Wolsely sent out a Party under the Command of Lieut. Colonel Eckling and mayor Billing, consisting of 100 Kirk's, 80 Carlson, 120 earls, and 130 Inniskilling Foot, with about 300 Horse and Dragoons, with Orders to March to Cavan, and to burn what Houses remained unburnt there, and if Opportunity served, to take the Fort. They were to March above sixteen Miles to get a Pass, and the Horse and Dragoons to carry the Foot over a great River in the Night: mayor Price was ordered with 200 Horse, and 50 of C. earls Foot more, to March this Morning to a Bridge, called Butlers-Bridge, where the Enemy had a Guard of a Captain and Ensign, and 40 Men, well and strongly fortified, and the River very broad, Rocky, deep, and difficult to go over; but this Pass was in the right Road, and but seven miles that way to Cavan: This he was to force, and to leave the Foot there, and to secure it for the Retreat of the Party from Cavan, and to go on with the Horse to them at Cavan, which was performed with all the Bravery and Success could be wished for. The Captain with his Fifty played so hotly on the Enemy in their Works, that the Horse passed the Ford with only one Horse and two Men wounded. As soon as the first Horse got on the Bank on the Enemies side, they flung down their Arms, and trusted to their heels, which our Men seeing, some mounted behind the Troopers, others that had not that patience, boun●ed through, and took the Captain, Bryan Kelly his Ensign, and 17 of his Men Prisoners, and killed in the Woods most of the rest, I myself  told Nine dead at several places. When the Horse were gone, we demolished their Fortifications;( I say we, not that I was in the Action,) but at day-light Col. Wolsely and I went out that way, volunteering to see how things went, and hearing pretty hot firing, hastened thither, and found them upon the pursuit. According to my judgement, the Pass might have been Defended with 40 stout Men many days against 4000 Men. Col. Wosely thanked them for their Behaviour, and gave them a Guinea, and I gave them Ten Shillings to encourage their Work to Demolish the Enemies Works, which before we had done by about One of the Clock, the Cavan-party was come thither, who had burnt all the Houses left the last time, except the Town-Hall, and one House and the Church, with the loss of six Men, and about as many wounded; of the first one Ensign Nelland of Col. Kirk's Regiment, who was much lamented, and about 60 of the Enemy killed: They all kept the Fort and the Houses, firing out at Windows, which were walled up to small Loop-holes. The first Alarm the Town had, was from the Party at Butlers-Bridge, else our Party, had they not been long passing the River, and the Guide, it being very dark, missed his way, hindered an hour or two, they had been at the Town by day-light, as designed, and had taken the Brigadier Wahupps in his Bed in the Town, and most of the rest; but having the Alarm from Butlers-Bridge, prepared them, and Wahup was gone to the Fort.  
Thus I have given you all the Particulars I know of in this Action, in which all of every Regiment behaved themselves with great Readiness and Bravery. One Wilkinson of Peppey's Company was killed, and one of Goakings shot through the Hand at the Bridge. No more but my Humble Service to all my Friends. All the Officers Present you their Humble Service, as in particular manner amongst them, pray accept that of,  
SIR, Your most Obliged Servant.   

The Cavan Detachment out of Col. Erle's Regiment.  

Captain Sorton.  
Captain Goakin.  
Captain Meering.  
Lieutenant born.  
Lieutenant win.  
Ensign Henning.  
Ensign Lee.   
A Sergeant out of every other Company, beginning with the Colonel's, and a Corporal out of each of the rest, three Drums, all the Granadiers with shells, twelve Men out of each full Company, and eight out of each of the rest.  
The Detachment out of Col. Earle's Regiment, to March at Six in the Morning for Butlers-Bridge. Captain Abington, Lieutenant Ramsey, Ensign Williams, three Sergeants, three Corporals, one Drum, fifty men.   

LONDON: Printed for G. Goodman, in Fleet-street. 1690.