The officers of James had expected no resistance.

They were confounded when they saw confronting them a column of foot, flanked by a large body of mounted gentlemen and yeomen.

The crowd of camp followers ran away in terror.

The soldiers made a retreat so precipitate that it might be called a flight, and scarcely halted till they were thirty miles off at Cavan, [128] The Protestants, elated by this easy victory, proceeded to make arrangements for the government and defence of Enniskillen and of the surrounding country.

Gustavus Hamilton, a gentleman who had served in the army, but who had recently been deprived of his commission by Tyrconnel, and had since been living on an estate in Fermanagh, was appointed Governor, and took up his residence in the castle.