[102] On which side the truth lay it is not easy, at this distance of time, to pronounce.

The cry against Tyrconnel was, at the moment, so loud, that he gave way and sullenly retired to Limerick.

D'Usson, who had not yet recovered from the hurts inflicted by his own runaway troops, repaired to Galway.

[103] Saint Ruth, now left in undisputed possession of the supreme command, was bent on trying the chances of a battle.

Most of the Irish officers, with Sarsfield at their head, were of a very different mind.