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St. Ruth's Fatal Gamble - The Battle of Aughrim 1691 and the Fall of Jacobite Ireland (Paperback)
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St. Ruth's Fatal Gamble - The Battle of Aughrim 1691 and the Fall of Jacobite Ireland (Paperback)
Series: Century of the Soldier
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In 1685, James, Duke of York, ascended to the thrones of England,
Ireland and Scotland. As the first catholic monarch in 150 years
many believed that his reign would be short and that he would be
succeeded by his eldest daughter Mary, a protestant, who was
married to her cousin William, Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of
the United Dutch Provinces. James' close ties to King Louis XIV of
France served to fuel the fires of discontent, and when a male heir
was born in June 1688 a number of nobles and clergymen, fearing a
backlash of Catholic absolutism, invited William of Orange to take
the throne.##William duly invaded, and after a desultory campaign,
James fled the country for refuge in France, it being claimed that
his flight constituted a legal abdication but whilst William sought
to consolidate his position in England and Scotland, the Earl of
Tyrconnell - James' viceroy in Ireland - began to prepare for his
master's restoration. Actively supported by King Louis XIV who
viewed any military activity in Ireland as a useful diversion to
keep his enemies occupied, James' supporters enjoyed early success,
but defeats at Newtownbutler, Derry and - above all - at the Boyne
destroyed James' confidence, and he fled his kingdoms for a second
and final time. William's army pursued the enemy to the gates of
Limerick but failed to capture the city before winter set in,
giving the Jacobites a much needed respite in which to reorganize
and resupply themselves, during which time military supplies and a
coterie of advisors led the by the Marquis de St Ruth, arrived from
France. After failing to halt the Williamite crossing of the
Shannon in the summer of 1691 St.Ruth, running out of room in which
to manoeuvre elected to take up a defensive position and invite an
enemy attack, occupying Kilcommadan Hill, near the Galway village
of Aughrim. Although his own army was now at the end of a tenuous
line of communication and supply, Godard van Reede, commanding the
Williamite army, accepted the challenge and the two forces clashed
on Sunday 12th July 1691. The strength of the Jacobite position was
such that their opponents could initially make no headway, but an
unordered redeployment of troops opened up a dangerous gap in their
lines and when St. Ruth attempted to correct the error he was
killed by enemy cannonfire.
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