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... Ginkell , and Brigadier Sir Henry Belasyse being appointed Governor of that town , the Brigadier's attention was directed to the reduction of the Isle of Bofin , off the western coast , then held with a garrison for King James by ...
... Ginkell , and Brigadier Sir Henry Belasyse being appointed Governor of that town , the Brigadier's attention was directed to the reduction of the Isle of Bofin , off the western coast , then held with a garrison for King James by ...
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... Ginkell was then besieging . The Colonel arrived there in time to give council , which , if acted upon , would , to all appearances , have saved the town . The enemy's attack on the place , only from one side of the Shannon , had ...
... Ginkell was then besieging . The Colonel arrived there in time to give council , which , if acted upon , would , to all appearances , have saved the town . The enemy's attack on the place , only from one side of the Shannon , had ...
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... Ginkell . gather his Troops , who were dispersed in the Provinces of Lapithia , Ulster . Salaminia , and Amathusia , and begin the Campaign with the Attack Leinster . Mun- of Morium , which he took without Opposition on the 8th Day of ...
... Ginkell . gather his Troops , who were dispersed in the Provinces of Lapithia , Ulster . Salaminia , and Amathusia , and begin the Campaign with the Attack Leinster . Mun- of Morium , which he took without Opposition on the 8th Day of ...
Page 118
... Ginkell . Athlone . Leinster . St. Ruth . Ballinasloe . Athlone . Tirconnell . France . St. Ruth . cover both Places , and to afford the Cyprians a Conveniency for make- De ing Incursions from thence into Salaminia . Ororis arriveing ...
... Ginkell . Athlone . Leinster . St. Ruth . Ballinasloe . Athlone . Tirconnell . France . St. Ruth . cover both Places , and to afford the Cyprians a Conveniency for make- De ing Incursions from thence into Salaminia . Ororis arriveing ...
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... Ginkell . self of the Salaminian Towne and Bank , where he raised severall Bat- Dublin . teryes , and planting his Rams and other terrible Engines of the new Invention , he furiously battered the Castle and the Trench along the River ...
... Ginkell . self of the Salaminian Towne and Bank , where he raised severall Bat- Dublin . teryes , and planting his Rams and other terrible Engines of the new Invention , he furiously battered the Castle and the Trench along the River ...
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