Melfort seemed prostrated by despair.

The travellers retraced their steps, and, late in the evening, reached Charlemont.

There the King received despatches very different from those which had terrified him a few hours before.
The Protestants who had assembled near Strabane had been attacked by Hamilton.

Under a truehearted leader they would doubtless have stood their ground.

But Lundy, who commanded them, had told them that all was lost, had ordered them to shift for themselves, and had set them the example of flight, [191] They had accordingly retired in confusion to Londonderry.