He said he expected six thousand men from England, where they were embarked before he set sail.

He exhorted them to persevere in their courage and loyalty, and assured them he would come to their relief at all hazards.

These assurances enabled them to bear their miseries a little longer, though their numbers daily diminished.
Major Baker dying, his place was filled with colonel Michel-burn, who now acted as colleague to Mr.Walker.
CRUELTY OF ROSENE.
King James having returned to Dublin to be present at the parliament, the command of his army devolved to the French general Rosene, who was exasperated at such an obstinate opposition by a handful of half-starved militia.

He threatened to raze the town to its foundations, and destroy the inhabitants without distinction of age or sex, unless they would immediately submit themselves to their lawful sovereign.

The governors treated his menaces with contempt, and published an order that no person, on pain of death, should talk of surrendering.