Prince George of Hesse Darmstadt, and Gustavus Hamilton, the brave chief of the Enniskilleners, descended first into the Shannon.
Then the grenadiers lifted the Duke of Wirtemberg on their shoulders, and, with a great shout, plunged twenty abreast up to their cravats in water.

The stream ran deep and strong; but in a few minutes the head of the column reached dry land.

Talmash was the fifth man that set foot on the Connaught shore.

The Irish, taken unprepared, fired one confused volley and fled, leaving their commander, Maxwell, a prisoner.

The conquerors clambered up the bank over the remains of walls shattered by a cannonade of ten days.