By this time Schomberg had reached Dundalk.

The distance between the two armies was not more than a long day's march.

It was therefore generally expected that the fate of the island would speedily be decided by a pitched battle.
In both camps, all who did not understand war were eager to fight; and, in both camps; the few who head a high reputation for military science were against fighting.

Neither Rosen nor Schomberg wished to put every thing on a cast.

Each of them knew intimately the defects of his own army, and neither of them was fully aware of the defects of the other's army.