p.407.] O'Neill had followed the lord deputy to Lifford, and then marched on to the Pale, expecting to retaliate upon the invaders with impunity.
But he was encountered by Warren St.Leger, lost 200 men, and was at first hunted back over the border.

He again returned, however, with 'a main army,' burned several villages, and in a second fight with St.
Leger, compelled the English to retire, 'for lack of more aid;' but they held together in good order, and Shane, with the Derry garrison in his rear, durst not follow far from home in pursuit.

'Before he could revenge himself on Sidney, before he could stir against the Scots, before he could strike a blow at O'Donel, he must pluck out the barbed dart which was fastened in his unguarded side.' In order to accomplish this object, he hovered cautiously about the Foyle, watching for an opportunity to attack the garrison.

But Randolph fell upon him by surprise, and after a short sharp action, the O'Neills gave way.

O'Dogherty with his Irish horse chased the flying crowd of his countrymen, killing every person he caught; and Shane lost 400 men, the bravest of his warriors.