Excerpt from A History of the Penal Laws Against the Irish Catholics, From the Treaty of Limerick to the Union William having returned to England in the autumn of i6go, General Gincltle, with an army inferior to that of St. Ruth, who now commanded the Iri t forces, commenced the campaign by the capture of the fort of Baltimore. Having afterwards taken Athlone, and defeated St. Ruth at the battle of Aughrim, he laid liege to Limerick on the 2 5th of Angult, 1591. The fortifications had been rengthened fince William was repulfed before it in the preceding year, the garrifon was healthy, well {applied, and in numbers equal to the a 'ailants, and {bong fuccours were daily at. Peeled from France'. The benegers, on. The other hand, were too few for the undertaking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."