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OTD 1600 Tyrone engaged Mountjoy on the march to Carlingford. Firing from 'many trenches & half-moons, one higher than the other..without any annoyance of themselves, they could play upon us'. Exposed on the beach the English right flank endured withering gunfire #nineyearswar
OTD 1600 M'joy made the dangerous river crossing at Narrow Water Castle. M'joy claimed he simply chose to march a different route. Others made a liar of him reporting that Tyrone had reoccupied the Moyry Pass 'meaning to fight with us when he has fortified himself' #nineyearswar
OTD 1600 M'joy conceded his Ulster campaign was finished for this year. Unable to go further than Mountnorris, M'joy marched south for Newry, leaving 400 troops to garrison the fort. He had proclaimed Tyrone traitor, offering 4,000 marks for Tyrone alive or 2k dead #nineyearswar
OTD 1601 With Carew sent away to counter Tyrone & O'D, Aguila attacked the weakened English position. Troops probed the English defences supported by shot in trenches outside Kinsale. A vigorous counterattack forced Spanish back but skirmishing continued around town #nineyearswar
OTD 1595 They think its all over as Q. Elizabeth is minded to pardon Tyrone but strip him of earldom. Feagh MacHugh O'Byrne submits on knees in Dublin. Problem is they're just playing for time-Crown should have known this as Tyrone fails to send pledges (hostages) #nineyearswar
OTD 1599 just because Essex brokered a ceasefire it didn't mean the war stopped. James Fitzthomas starved the garrison of Castlemaine, Co Kerry into submission. English officers complained the Irish had 'blinded them with the colour of cessation' #nineyearswar
OTD 1601 With news of Irish moves to support the Spanish at Kinsale, M'joy ordered troops north . Carew marched with 2,425 foot and horse to 'stop or at least hinder Tyrone's passage'. As he left fortifications at English camp completed to resist any Irish assault #nineyearswar
OTD 1601 M'joy knew what a precarious position he held at Kinsale. With news of Tyrone gathering his forces and wary of being trapped between 2 armies M'joy ordered the fortification of his camp 'on the north side furthest from the townward' #nineyearswar
OTD 1598 As English position deteriorated the Crown turned to perennial bad boy Sir Richard Bingham. As Marshal of Ireland he called for large reinforcements from England and efforts made to cut off Tyrone's supplies of gunpowder from Scotland and Irish merchants #nineyearswar
OTD 1593 Tyrone talked up his wound received at the Battle of Belleek taking 'a dangerous wound in my right leg, which was run quite through with a spear..being glad (though my hurt was sore) that for a testimony of my loyalty and faithfulness to serve Her Majesty' #nineyearswar
OTD 1597 James MacSorley MacDonnell annihilated John Chichester's force at the Aldfreck near Carrickfergus. English took umbrage at Scots 'haughty demeanour' & charged, but volleys from concealed Irish shot shattered Chichester's men, he was shot in head and killed #nineyearswar
OTD 1600 Mountjoy ordered construction of fort between Newry and Armagh which he named Mountnorris. It was formed around a bivallate rath (thought by M'joy to be built by the Danes). Inner ditch filled to create more room and banks fortified with 'cadgehouses' #nineyearswar
OTD 1599 With Crown fortunes at lowest ebb, estimate of Tyrone's forces in Ulster and Connacht. Field army 5,210 inf, 902 horse. Troops set against Dundalk, Ardee , Newry & C'fergus, 1,720 inf, 212 horse & in Connacht with Red Hugh O'Donnell 4,060 inf and 200 horse #nineyearswar
OTD 1601 Spanish surrendered Ringcurran Castle on terms from Carew. 86 Spanish soldiers & 4 women marched into captivity with assurances they would be sent back to Spain. 'Multitude' of Irish churls (women & children) also left, but no Irish soldiers were seen #nineyearswar
OTD 1595 The crown knew that events in Ireland were being watched by more than just themselves as the 'late fortune and valour [of Tyrone] against her majesty's forces in this war, is not a little magnified in Spain' #nineyearswar
![neilojim1972's tweet photo. OTD 1595 The crown knew that events in Ireland were being watched by more than just themselves as the 'late fortune and valour [of Tyrone] against her majesty's forces in this war, is not a little magnified in Spain' #nineyearswar https://t.co/FagVrz3u4J](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HV8pSUNXAAAKUa6.jpg)
![neilojim1972's tweet photo. OTD 1595 The crown knew that events in Ireland were being watched by more than just themselves as the 'late fortune and valour [of Tyrone] against her majesty's forces in this war, is not a little magnified in Spain' #nineyearswar https://t.co/FagVrz3u4J](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HV8pSOmWEAEaG7O.jpg)
OTD 1601 M'joy battered Ringcurren Castle as 2 culverins 'plaied without intermission'. 500 Spaniards tried to break through leading to intense fighting in the trenches around the town. Heavy fighting pushed Spanish back but supporting fire stalled English pursuit #nineyearswar
OTD1601 At Kinsale Mountjoy began pounding Ringcurran Castle with a landward battery of 2 culverins. After 3 shots one broke its carriage & by the afternoon the other developed a flaw making it unserviceable. Not willing to sit and take it Aguila returned the favour #nineyearswar
OTD 1601 Estimates of the Irish force being assembled to break the siege at Kinsale, includes forces from Tyrone, O'Donnell, O'Cahan, Maguire, the MacMahons and James MacSorley MacDonnell, in total 6,000 foot and 520 horse #nineyearswar
OTD 1595 Sir Richard Bingham moans to the Queen about unfair accusations against him that had 'provoked them to rebel, namely by extorting from them their lands & goods..to the enriching of myself' denied it all & vows to 'reduce this treacherous and wicked nation' #nineyearswar
OTD 1595 Tyrone signed a ceasefire until 1 Jan. It seemed like a good deal for the crown, but the Irish benefited far more, as troops were rested, refitted and repositioned when the shooting war recommenced. The absence of combat did not mean the war had stopped #nineyearswar
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