Walter hurried towards him at a speed of which, a few minutes before, he would have thought himself incapable2. The man continued whistling, at short intervals3, and did not notice Walter till he was within twenty yards distant; then he turned sharply round.
"Who are you?" he asked, clubbing a heavy stick which he held in his hand, and standing on the defensive4.
The dress and appearance of the man assured Walter that he was a Catholic, and therefore a friend, and he replied at once:
"I belong to one of the Irish troops of horse. The Enniskilleners surprised a party of us, yesterday, and wounded me, as you see. Fortunately, I escaped in the night, or they would have finished me this morning. I have been out all night in the rain, and am weak from loss of blood and hunger. Can you give me shelter?"
"That I can," the man said, "and gladly. Those villains5 have been killing6 and destroying all over the country, and there's many a one of us who, like myself, have been driven to take refuge in the bogs7."
"Is it far?" Walter asked; "for I don't think I could get more than a mile or two."
"It is not half a mile," the man said. "You do look nearly done for. Here, lean on me, I will help you along; and if you find your strength go, I will make a shift to carry you."
"It is lucky I heard you whistle," Walter said.
"It is, indeed," the man replied, "for it is not likely anyone else would have come along today. My dog went off after a rabbit, and I was whistling to him to come to me again.
"Ah! Here he is. He has got the rabbit, too. Good dog! Well done!"
He took the rabbit and dropped it into the pocket of his coat. Seeing that Walter was too exhausted8 to talk, he asked no questions, and said nothing till he pointed9 to a low mound10 of earth, and said: "Here we are."
He went round by the side; and Walter perceived that there was a sharp dip in the ground, and that the hut was dug out in the face of the slope; so that, if it were approached either from behind or on either side, it would not be noticed, the roof being covered with sods, and closely matching the surrounding ground.
The man went to the low door, and opened it.
"Come in, sir," he said; "you are quite welcome."
The hut contained two other men, who looked up in surprise at the greeting.
"This is a young officer, in one of our horse regiments," the man said. "He has been in the hands of the Enniskilleners, and has got out from them alive--which is more than most can say. He has had a bad wound, has been wet through for hours, and is half starving. Look sharp, lads, and get something hot, as soon as possible.
"Now, sir, if you will take off those wet things of yours, and wrap yourself in that rug, you will find yourself the better for it. When a man is in health, a few hours wet will not do him any harm; but when he is weak from loss of blood, as you are, the cold seems to get into his bones."
Fresh turfs were at once put on the smouldering fire, which one of the men, leaning down before it, proceeded to blow lustily; and, although much of the smoke made its way out through a hole in the roof, enough lingered to render it difficult for Walter to breathe, while his eyes watered with the sharp fumes12. A kettle had been placed on the fire, and in a very short time, a jar was produced from the corner of the hut, and a horn of strong spirits and water mixed.
"Here are some cold praties, sir. It's all we have got cooked by us now, but I can promise you a better meal, later on."
Walter ate the potatoes, and drank the warm mixture. The change from the cold damp air outside, to the warm atmosphere of the hut, aided the effects of the spirits; he was first conscious of a warm glow all over him, and then the voices of the men seemed to grow indistinct.
"You had better stretch yourself on that pile of rushes," the man said, as Walter gave a start, being on the point of rolling over. "Two or three hours' sleep will make a man of you, and by that time dinner will be ready, and your clothes dry."
Walter fell almost instantaneously off to sleep, and it was late in the afternoon before he woke.
"I am afraid I must have slept a long time," he said, sitting up.
"You have had a fine sleep, surely," one of the men replied; "and it's dinner and supper, all in one, that you will have."
Walter found his uniform and underclothes neatly13 folded up by his side, and speedily dressed himself.
"That sleep has done me a world of good," he said. "I feel quite myself again."
"That's right, yer honour. When you've had your food, I will make a shift to dress that wound at the back of yer head. Be jabbers14, it's a hard knock you have had, and a mighty15 lot of blood you must have lost! Yer clothes was just stiff with it; but I washed most of it out.
"And now, lads, off with the pot!"
A large pot was hanging over the fire, and, when the lid was taken off, a smell very pleasant to Walter's nostrils16 arose. Four flat pieces of wood served the purpose of plates, and, with a large spoon of the same material, the man who had brought Walter to the hut, and who appeared to be the leader of the party, ladled out portions of the contents. These consisted of rabbit and pieces of beef, boiled up with potatoes and onions. A large jug17 filled with water, and a bottle of spirits were placed in the centre, with the horn which Walter had before used beside it.
"We are short of crockery," the man said with a laugh. "Here are some knives, but as for forks, we just have to do without them."
Walter enjoyed his meal immensely. After it was finished, the wooden platters were removed, and the jug replenished18.
"Now, your honour, will you tell us how you got away from the Protestant rebels, and how was it they didn't make short work of you, when they caught you? It's a puzzle to us entirely19, for the Enniskilleners spare neither man, woman, nor child."
Walter related the whole circumstances of his capture, imprisonment20, and escape.
"You fooled them nicely," the man said, admiringly. "Sure your honour's the one to get out of a scrape--and you little more than a boy."
"And what are you doing here?" Walter asked, in return. "This seems a wild place to live in."
"It's just that," the man said. "We belonged to Kilbally. The Enniskilleners came that way, and burned it to the ground. They murdered my wife and many another one. I was away cutting peat with my wife's brother here. When we came back, everything was gone. A few had escaped to the bogs, where they could not be followed; the rest was, every mother's son of them, killed by those murdering villains. Your honour may guess what we felt, when we got back. Thank God I had no children! We buried the wife in the garden behind the house, and then started away and joined a band of rapparees, and paid some of them back in their own coin. Then, one day, the Enniskilleners fell on us, and most of us were killed. Then we made our way back to the old village, and came up here and built us this hut. It's a wonder to us how you got here; for there are bogs stretching away in all directions, and how you made your way through them bates us entirely."
"Yours is a sad story, but unfortunately a common one. And how have you managed to live here?"
"There are plenty of potatoes, for the digging of 'em," the man said, "for there are a score of ruined villages within a day's walk. As for meat, there are cattle for the taking, wandering all over the country; some have lately strayed away; but among the hills there are herds21 which have run wild since the days when Cromwell made the country a desert. As for spirits, I brew22 them myself. Barley23 as well as potatoes may be had for the taking. Then, sometimes, the dog picks up a rabbit. Sometimes, when we go down for potatoes, we light on a fowl24 or two; there's many a one of them running wild among the ruins. As far as eating and drinking goes, we never did better; and if I could forget the old cottage, and the sight that met my eyes when I went back to it, I should do well enough, but, night and day I am dreaming of it, and my heart is sore with longing25 for vengeance26."
"Why don't you join the army?" Walter asked. "There's plenty of room for good men, and yesterday's affair has made some vacancies27 in my own troop.
"What do you say, lads? You would have a chance of crossing swords with the Enniskilleners, and you could always come back here when the war is over."
"What do you say, boys?" the man asked his companions. "I am just wearying for a fight, and I could die contented28, if I could but send a few of those murdering villains to their place, before I go."
The other two men at once agreed. They talked well into the night, and Walter heard many tales of the savage29 butchery of unoffending peasants, by the men who professed30 to be fighting for religious liberty, which shocked and sickened him.
It was arranged that they should start on the following morning. The men said that they could guide him across country to Dundalk without difficulty, and assured him that he would be little likely to meet with the enemy, for that the whole country had been so wasted, by fire and sword, as to offer but little temptation even to the most insatiable of plunderers.
Accordingly, the next morning they set out, and arrived late that evening at the camp. Walter found that his father and his followers32 were absent. They had returned, much surprised at not having been rejoined by Walter's party, but on their arrival they had found there the survivors33 of his command, who had ridden straight for Dundalk.
After a few hours' stay, to rest the horses, Captain Davenant, with his own men and two of the troops of cavalry34, had ridden out in search of the Enniskilleners. Larry, who had been almost wild with grief when the news of the surprise, and, as he believed, the death of Walter, had been brought in, had accompanied the cavalry.
It was late on the following afternoon before they rode into camp. Larry was the first to come in, having received permission from Captain Davenant to gallop35 on ahead. They had met the enemy, and had inflicted36 a decisive defeat upon them, but the greater part had escaped, by taking to the hills on their wiry little horses, which were able to traverse bogs and quagmires37 impassable to the heavy troopers.
Captain Davenant had closely questioned two or three wounded men who fell into his hands. These all declared that a young officer had been captured, in the previous fight, that he had been severely38 wounded, and carried away senseless, but that he had, in some extraordinary manner, managed to escape that night. This story had greatly raised Captain Davenant's hopes that Walter might yet be alive, a hope which he had not before allowed himself, for a moment, to indulge in; and as he neared Dundalk, he had readily granted leave for the impatient Larry to gallop on ahead, and discover if any news had been received of Walter.
Larry's delight, at seeing his young master standing at the door of the tent, was extreme. He gave a wild whoop39, threw his cap high up into the air, and then, without a word of greeting, turned his horse's head and galloped40 away again, at the top of his speed, to carry the good news to Captain Davenant. Half an hour later, the column rode into camp, and Walter was clasped in his father's arms.
That evening, Walter's three companions were enrolled41 in the troop, and, hearing that there were vacancies for fifteen more, volunteered to return to the hills, and to bring back that number of men from the peasants hiding there. This mission they carried out, and, by the end of the week, Captain Davenant's troop was again made up to its full strength.
The unsuccessful result of the siege of Schomberg's camp greatly damped Walter's enthusiasm. He had been engaged in two long and tedious blockades, and, with the exception of some skirmishes round Derry, had seen nothing whatever of fighting. Neither operation had been attended by any decisive result. Both had inflicted extreme misery42 and suffering upon the enemy, but in neither was the success aimed at attained43. At the same time, the novelty of the life, the companionship of his father and the other officers of the regiment11, and, not least, the good humour and fun of his attendant, Larry, had made the time pass far more cheerfully to him than to the majority of those in the army.
As before, when the army arrived at Dublin, Captain Davenant's troop was posted in and around Bray44, the greater portion of it being permitted to reside in their own homes, until again wanted for active service. Walter, on his return, was glad to find that his friend John Whitefoot had made his way home from Derry, and their pleasant intercourse45 was at once renewed.
Schomberg's army, when moved to healthy quarters and bountifully supplied with all kinds of food and necessaries from England, speedily recovered their health and discipline, and, in a very short time, were again in condition to take the field.
Early in February, 1690, Brigadier Wolseley, with a detachment of Enniskilleners and English, marched against Cavan. James had no longer an army with which he could oppose Schomberg's enterprises. While the latter had been recovering from the effects of his heavy losses, nothing had been done to put the Irish army in a condition to take the field again. They lacked almost every necessary for a campaign. No magazines had been formed to supply them, when they should again advance; and so short of forage46 were they, that it was considered impossible to make any move in force, until the grass should grow sufficiently47 to enable the horses to get into condition.
Nevertheless, the Duke of Berwick marched with eight hundred men from Dublin, and Brigadier Nugent with a like force from West Meath and Longford, and arrived at Cavan a few hours before the English reached the town. The Irish force was composed entirely of infantry49, with the exception of two troops of cavalry. The English force consisted of seven hundred foot, and three hundred cavalry.
As Cavan did not offer any advantages in the way of defence, the Duke of Berwick moved his army out into the open field. The English lined the hedges, and stood on the defensive. The Irish horse commenced the battle with a furious charge on the Enniskilleners and dragoons, and drove them from the field; but the English infantry maintained their position so stoutly50 that, after a prolonged fight, the Irish retreated into a fort near the town. The English and Enniskilleners entered Cavan, and at once began to plunder31 the place.
Hearing what was going on, the Duke of Berwick sallied out from his fort to attack them, and gained considerable advantage. Brigadier Wolseley, being unable to restore discipline among the Enniskilleners, who formed the great majority of his force, ordered the town to be set on fire in several places. The troops then collected, and repulsed51 the Irish with considerable loss.
The Duke of Berwick had two hundred killed, amongst whom were Brigadier Nugent and many officers. As the Irish remained in possession of the fort, and the town was almost entirely destroyed by fire, Brigadier Wolseley returned with his force to Dundalk.
Shortly afterwards, the Fort of Charlemont was invested by a strong detachment of Schomberg's army. Teigue O'Regan, the veteran governor, defended the place with the greatest bravery, and did not capitulate until the 14th of May, when the last ounce of provisions was consumed. The garrison52 were allowed honourable53 terms, and the eight hundred men who defended the place, with their arms and baggage, and some two hundred women and children, were allowed to march away. The Enniskilleners treated the Irish soldiers and their families with great brutality54, as they passed along, but Schomberg humanely55 ordered that a loaf of bread should be given to each man at Armagh. The Irish army were not in condition to render any assistance to the hard pressed garrison of Charlemont, until after they had capitulated.
In the meantime, a great army, which was to be led by King William in person, was being collected in England. It consisted of a strange medley56, collected from almost every European nation--English, Scotch57, Irish Protestants, French Huguenots, Dutch, Swedes, Danes, Brandenburghers, Swiss, Norwegians, and Hessians. More than half, indeed, were foreigners. All were well disciplined, armed, and clothed. In all, including the force under Schomberg, the army amounted to forty-three thousand men, and fifty cannon58.
King William landed at Carrickfergus, on the 14th of June, and the combined army at once began their southward march. Against this force, King James collected but twenty thousand men. Of these, six thousand were French. They had arrived, under the command of the Count de Lauzun, in March, but they had not increased the numbers of King James's troops, for he had been obliged to send, in exchange, an equal number of his best-trained soldiers, under Lord Mountcashel, for service in France. Of the fourteen thousand native troops, the Irish horse, which was raised and officered by Irish gentlemen, was excellent, but the infantry was composed for the most part of raw levies59, but half armed, and the only artillery60 consisted of twelve guns, which had arrived with the infantry from France.
It was a sad parting, when Captain Davenant and Walter left home for the front. The former was filled with gloomy forebodings. He could scarcely hope that the ill-trained levies of James could succeed against the vastly superior force, of disciplined troops, with whom they had now to cope; especially as the latter were led by an able and energetic general, while the former were hampered61 by the incompetence62 and vacillation63 of James.
The day before they started, Captain Davenant rode over to the Whitefoots and had a talk with Jabez.
"I know not how the campaign will go," he said. "If we are beaten, we shall probably retire to the west, and maintain the war there. In that case, Dublin will of course fall into the hands of William. Should this be so, I will ask you to reverse our late position, and to extend what assistance you can to my wife and mother. It may be that, if I do not return here, none will disturb them. I have not made myself obnoxious64 to my Protestant neighbours, and no one may take the trouble to bring it before the notice of the English that I am absent, fighting with the army of King James. If, however, they should do so, and the castle and what remains65 of the estates be confiscated66, will you lend what aid you can to the ladies, and my younger boy, until I or Walter return from the war?"
"That will I do, right gladly," Jabez said, heartily67. "Should I hear any talk of what you speak of, I will go up to Dublin with some of our friends and ministers, and we will testify to the good relations which have existed between you and your Protestant neighbours, and entreat68 that no measures be taken against your estate. Should we not prevail, be assured that I will look after the comfort of the ladies, as if they were of my own family.
"I can well understand that Mrs. Davenant, the elder, would not accept the shelter of our roof, whatever her extremity69. She belongs to the generation of my father, and cannot forget the past; but I will see that they are well lodged70 in Bray, and have every protection from molestation71 and annoyance72 there. Should I find, as, alas73! may be the case, that the spirit of religious persecution74 is fiercely abroad, I will consult with them, as to whether they may wish to cross the sea until you can join them, and will make arrangements, as they may direct, for their passage."
"I am truly obliged to you," Captain Davenant said. "It will make me comfortable to know that, whatsoever75 may befall me, they will have a friend in these stormy times."
"Say nought76 about it," Jabez replied. "Did not you and your son succour my boy in his extremity? If I do all, and more than all that I can in this matter, I shall not deem that we are quits."
The Irish army moved forward to the Boyne, which William was approaching from the north. James's officers endeavoured to dissuade77 him from setting everything on the hazard of the battle. They represented that his army, though now quite unequal to the contest, was rapidly improving in skill and confidence in itself; that reinforcements were every day expected from France, which would at least make them equal to the enemy in numbers; that they were in want of arms, artillery, and stores, all which might be expected also from France, in a short period; and that their policy was clearly to protract78 the war, and wear out the enemy by a contest of posts and sieges.
Unskilled as his troops might be in the field, they had proved themselves steady and resolute79 in the defence of fortified80 places. They held all the great fortresses81 of the kingdom, and it would be easy to provide for the defence of these, and to occupy William's army in small affairs, till the winter, when the climate would do execution upon the invaders82, while the Irish would suffer little. Then would be the time to fight.
In the meantime, it was urged, the intrigues83 the French were actively84 carrying out in Britain would have produced some effect. The French fleet was, every day, expected on the coast of England, and William would soon be compelled to return to that country, if not to recall the greater part of his army. In Scotland, too, the French were busy; and there were materials in that country for creating a powerful diversion. To fight now would be to forego every advantage, and to meet the views of William, whose obvious interest it was to bring the contest to an immediate85 decision, now, while every circumstance was in his favour.
But James, who had hitherto shown nothing but timidity and hesitation86, was now seized with an impulse of valour. Having acted with unfortunate cowardice87 before Derry, and Schomberg's camp at Dundalk, he was, as unfortunately, now seized with ardour to fight, when prudence88 and discretion89 would have been his best policy. But while James was determining to fight, in the teeth of the opinion and advice of his bravest officers, his true character was shown in his taking every precaution for his personal safety. He sent off his heavy baggage, and engaged a vessel90, at Waterford, to convey him to France.
William, on the other hand, was naturally eager for an early engagement. He was still very insecurely seated upon the English throne. The people were either discontented or indifferent. They looked with impatience91 and indignation at the crowd of Dutch officers and civilians92, whom William had brought over with him; while the cold and ungracious manner of the king contrasted, most unfavourably, with the bearing to which they had been accustomed in English monarchs93.
In Scotland, the Jacobite spirit was gathering94 in strength, and William knew that, unless he speedily broke the strength of James's party in Ireland, he would very shortly be confronted with difficulties and dangers on all sides.
The position which the Irish army occupied was a strong one. Its right rested upon Drogheda, a strong town in their possession. In front was the Boyne, with steep banks lined with thick hedges, with cottages scattered95 here and there, offering an excellent position for light troops. On the left, the Boyne turned almost at a right angle, and formed a defence on this flank. To the rear, the Irish position was covered by high hills and the village of Donore. Further back was the pass of Duleek. The hedges and cottages by the river side were occupied by the Irish infantry, and upon some little hillocks, which ran along the water's edge, they erected96 some light batteries.
King William reconnoitred the position with great attention, and saw that it had been well chosen, and its advantages turned to account. Notwithstanding the reports of deserters and others, he showed much anxiety to determine the exact strength of the Irish. After examining the position for some time from a height, he rode down towards the river, accompanied by several of his officers. When within musket97 shot of the bank, near the ford48 and village of Old Bridge, he perceived that a small island in the Boyne was occupied by a party of the Irish horse. Near the ford some field works had been thrown up. It was at this point that the king determined98 to cross the river, and he spent some time conversing99 with his officers, as to the arrangements for the passage.
He then rode slowly along the river bank, until he arrived nearly opposite the left of the Irish line. Here he alighted from his horse, and sat down on rising ground, watching his own battalions101, which were marching, with the greatest regularity102 and order, into the positions assigned to them.
While he was so engaged, some officers of James's army were observed, riding quietly along the opposite bank of the river, and also engaged in watching the movements of the British troops. These were General Sarsfield, the Duke of Berwick, the Marquis of Tyrconnell, the Count de Lauzun, and others. Some of the English dragoons approached the river, and were fired upon by the Irish. They returned the fire, and, while the attention of both sides was engaged by the skirmish, a party of Irish cavalry moved slowly down towards the river and halted behind a low hedge, and then, wheeling about, again retired103.
The movements of the king, and the group of officers accompanying him, had been observed in the Irish army, and two field pieces were sent down, concealed104 in the centre of the cavalry. The guns had been placed behind the hedge when the horsemen withdrew, and, when William rose from the ground and mounted his horse, fire was opened. The first cannon shot killed two horses, and a man by his side. The next grazed the king's right shoulder, tearing away his coat and inflicting105 a slight flesh wound. Had the aim been slightly more accurate, or had the gunners fired with grape, instead of round shot, it is probable that the whole course of history would have been changed.
The rumour106 spread through both armies that the king was killed; but the wound was a slight one, and, having had it hastily bound up, the king rode quietly through the camps, in order to show the men that the hurt was not serious. In the evening, he called a council of war. The Duke of Schomberg was strongly opposed to an attack upon the enemy, while posted in so strong a position, and urged that, by making a turning movement and marching straight upon Dublin, the enemy would be obliged to fall back, and fight under less advantageous107 circumstances. But the king, relying upon his superior numbers and the discipline of his veteran troops, determined to attack at once, knowing that it was all important to bring the matter to a decision, as early as possible.
Schomberg then urged the necessity of occupying the pass of Slane, upon the Boyne, considerably108 to the west of the Irish line, as he would thus cut off their retreat, and, in the event of victory, render their defeat a decided109 one; but the king saw that he should require his whole force to dislodge the Irish from their position, and that it was useless to occupy the pass of Slane with a small detachment, as these would be overwhelmed by the retiring Irish.
It was twelve o'clock at night, before the council terminated, and then the king mounted his horse and rode through the camp. He examined into the state and preparation of each regiment, saw that the soldiers were abundantly supplied with food and refreshment110 for the morning, and that sufficient ammunition111 for the day's work had been served out. He directed the men to wear green branches in their caps, and gave "Westminster" as the word for the day.
The order of the battle finally determined upon was that the right wing of the army, under General Douglas and Count Schomberg, son of the duke, should pass the river at Slane and endeavour to turn the Irish left, between Slane and Duleek. The left wing were to penetrate112 between the Irish right and Drogheda; the centre to force the passage of the river, at the ford of Old Bridge.
A council was also held in James's camp, and here also there was difference of opinion. Some of the generals wished to hold the pass of Slane in force, but James decided against this. As the morning approached, the king's newborn courage began to die out. He ordered some movements to the rear, and sent forward more of his baggage. He would probably have declined the combat altogether, had it not been too late. Finally, just as day was breaking over the council, he determined that the army should retreat during the battle, and not commit themselves in a decisive engagement. The French formed the left, and were to lead the retreat, while the Irish held the right and centre.
It is almost certain that, if James had kept to his resolution to fight, imprudent as it appeared to be, and had brought the French battalion100 into action, instead of leading them out of the field, the result of the battle of the Boyne would have been a very different one.
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