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Military Operations in Ireland; Waterford taken 53
The Irish Army collected at Limerick; Lauzun pronounces that the Place cannot be defended 55
The Irish insist on defending Limerick 56
Tyrconnel is against defending Limerick 58
Limerick defended by the Irish alone 59
Sarsfield surprises the English Artillery 60
Arrival of Baldearg O'Donnel at Limerick 62
The Besiegers suffer from the Rains; Unsuccessful Assault on Limerick; The Siege raised 64
Tyrconnel and Lauzun go to France; William returns to England 66
Reception of William in England 67
Expedition to the South of Ireland 67
Marlborough takes Cork; Marlborough takes Kinsale 69
Affairs of Scotland 71
Intrigues of Montgomery with the Jacobites 72
War in the Highlands 73
Fort William built; Meeting of the Scottish Parliament 74
Melville Lord High Commissioner; the Government obtains a Majority 75
Ecclesiastical Legislation 77
The Coalition between the Club and the Jacobites dissolved 83 83
The Chiefs of the Club betray each othe 84
General Acquiescence in the new Ecclesiastical Polity; Complaints of the Episcopalian 87
The Presbyterian Nonjuror 90
William dissatisfied with the Ecclesiastical Arrangements in Scotlan 93
Meeting of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotlan 94
State of Affairs on the Continent; the Duke of Savoy joins the Coalitio 95
Supplies voted; Ways and Mean 97
Proceedings against Torrington 100
Torrington's Trial and Acquittal 101
Animosity of the Whigs against Caermarthen 102
A Jacobite Plot 105
Meeting of the Leading Conspirators 106
The Conspirators determine to send Preston to Saint Germains 107
Papers entrusted to Preston 108