FN 678 A True and Perfect Journal of the Affairs of Ireland by a Person of Quality， 1690； King， iii. 18. Luttrell's proclamation will be found in King's Appendix.
FN 679 Villare Hibernicum， 1690.
FN 680 The order addressed to the Collector of Customs will be found in Dr. Reid's History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
FN 681 "La gayete peinte sur son visage，" says Dumont， who saw him at Belfast， "nous fit tout esperer pour les heureux succes de la campagne."FN 682 Story's Impartial Account； MS. Journal of Colonel Bellingham； The Royal Diary.
FN 683 Story's Impartial Account.
FN 684 Lauzun to Louvois， June 23/July 3 1690； Life of James， ii.
393， Orig. Mem.
FN 685 Story's Impartial Account； Dumont MS.
FN 686 Much interesting information respecting the field of battle and the surrounding country will be found in Mr. Wilde's pleasing volume entitled "The Beauties of the Boyne and Blackwater."FN 687 Memorandum in the handwriting of Alexander， Earl of Marchmont. He derived his information from Lord Selkirk， who was in William's army.
FN 688 James says (Life， ii 393. Orig. Mem.) that the country afforded no better position. King， in a thanksgiving sermon which he preached at Dublin after the close of the campaign， told his hearers that "the advantage of the post of the Irish was， by all intelligent men， reckoned above three to one." See King's Thanksgiving Sermon， preached on Nov 16. 1690， before Lords Justices. This is， no doubt， an absurd exaggeration. But M. de la Hoguette， one of the principal French officers who was present at the battle of the Boyne， informed Louvois that the Irish army occupied a good defensive position， Letter of La Hoguette from Limerick， July 31/Aug 1690.
FN 689 Narcissus Luttrell's Diary， March， 1690.
FN 690 See the Historical records of the Regiments of the British army， and Story's list of the army of William as it passed in review at Finglass， a week after the battle.
FN 691 See his Funeral Sermon preached at the church of Saint Mary Aldermary on the 24th of June 1690.
FN 692 Story's Impartial History； History of the Wars in Ireland by an Officer of the Royal Army； Hop to the States General， June 30/July 10. 1690.
FN 693 London Gazette， July 7. 1690； Story's Impartial History；History of the Wars in Ireland by an Officer of the Royal Army；Narcissus Luttrell's Diary； Lord Marchmont's Memorandum； Burnet， ii. 50. and Thanksgiving Sermon； Dumont MS.
FN 694 La Hoguette to Louvois， July 31/Aug 10 1690.
FN 695 That I have done no injustice to the Irish infantry will appear from the accounts which the French officers who were at the Boyne sent to their government and their families. La Hoguette， writing hastily to Louvois on the 4/14th of July， says：
"je vous diray seulement， Monseigneur， que nous n'avons pas este battus， mais que les ennemys ont chasses devant eux les trouppes Irlandoises comme des moutons， sans avoir essaye un seul coup de mousquet."Writing some weeks later more fully from Limerick， he says， "J'en meurs de honte." He admits that it would have been no easy matter to win the battle， at best. "Mais il est vray aussi，" he adds， "que les Irlandois ne firent pas la moindre resistance， et plierent sans tirer un seul coup." Zurlauben， Colonel of one of the finest regiments in the French service， wrote to the same effect， but did justice to the courage of the Irish horse， whom La Hoguette does not mention.
There is at the French War Office a letter hastily scrawled by Boisseleau， Lauzun's second in command， to his wife after the battle. He wrote thus： "Je me porte bien， ma chere feme. Ne t'inquieste pas de moy. Nos Irlandois n'ont rien fait qui vaille.
Ils ont tous lache le pie."
Desgrigny writing on the 10/20th of July， assigns several reasons for the defeat. "La première et la plus forte est la fuite des Irlandois qui sont en verite des gens sur lesquels il ne faut pas compter du tout." In the same letter he says： "Il n'est pas naturel de croire qu'une armee de vingt cinq mille hommes qui paroissoit de la meilleure volonte du monde， et qui a la veue des ennemis faisoit des cris de joye， dut etre entierement defaite sans avoir tire l'epee et un seul coup de mousquet. Il y a en tel regiment tout entier qui a laisse ses habits， ses armes， et ses drapeaux sur le champ de bataille， et a gagne les montagnes avec ses officiers."I looked in vain for the despatch in which Lauzun must have given Louvois a detailed account of the battle.
FN 696 Lauzun wrote to Seignelay， July 16/26 1690， "Richard Amilton a ete fait prisonnier， faisant fort bien son devoir."FN 697 My chief materials for the history of this battle are Story's Impartial Account and Continuation； the History of the War in Ireland by an Officer of the Royal Army； the despatches in the French War Office； The Life of James， Orig. Mem. Burnet， ii.