The history of Ireland; from the earliest period of the Irish anals, to the present time . -T-,] J .> i,.r^^. ( 1^ I HISTORY OF IRELAND. [designs of SPAIN. possession of Down and Ardglass. Then,heariiijT that the eavl of Tyrone had postedhimself in the direction of Armagh, hereturned to that neighbourhood to watch orpursue him. On the 24th of June the lorddeputy went with his whole force to Newry,and there encamped to wait for reinforce-ments from the pale, with which he proposedto march again towards Tyrone, and superin-tend the rebuilding of the old fort of theBlackwater. Thes
The history of Ireland; from the earliest period of the Irish anals, to the present time . -T-,] J .> i,.r^^. ( 1^ I HISTORY OF IRELAND. [designs of SPAIN. possession of Down and Ardglass. Then,heariiijT that the eavl of Tyrone had postedhimself in the direction of Armagh, hereturned to that neighbourhood to watch orpursue him. On the 24th of June the lorddeputy went with his whole force to Newry,and there encamped to wait for reinforce-ments from the pale, with which he proposedto march again towards Tyrone, and superin-tend the rebuilding of the old fort of theBlackwater. These reinforcements camemuch more slowly than was expected, whichcircumstance partly determined Mountjoy tolimit his operations to moving about andmaking an appearance in the field, in orderto weaken and weary his opponent, by forc-ing him to keep his army together. In thecourse of these movements there was fre-quent skirmishing, and many were killed onon both sides. In one of these encounters,on the iird of August, Pierce Lacy, the leaderwho had distinguished himself in the recentwars of Desmond in the ranks
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