Many of them doubtless remembered that on that day year they had, at the command of King William, put green boughs in their hats on the banks of the Boyne.

Guineas had been liberally scattered among these picked men; but their alacrity was such as gold cannot purchase.

Six battalions were in readiness to support the attack.
Mackay commanded.

He did not approve of the plan; but he executed it as zealously and energetically as if he had himself been the author of it.
The Duke of Wirtemberg, Talmash, and several other gallant officers, to whom no part in the enterprise had been assigned, insisted on serving that day as private volunteers; and their appearance in the ranks excited the fiercest enthusiasm among the soldiers.
It was six o'clock.

A peal from the steeple of the church gave the signal.