[99] It was determined that the attempt should be made that very afternoon.
The Irish, fancying that the English were about to retreat, kept guard carelessly.

Part of the garrison was idling, part dosing.

D'Usson was at table.

Saint Ruth was in his tent, writing a letter to his master filled with charges against Tyrconnel.

Meanwhile, fifteen hundred grenadiers; each wearing in his hat a green bough, were mustered on the Leinster bank of the Shannon.