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did little to slow the advance. Moreover, the ford was found to be wide enough to accommodate a simultaneous crossing by the horse. As the
English neared the far bank the Irish defenders began to withdraw from the position, initially orderly and in troops, but when the Crown horse made good their crossing they quickly put the defenders to flight. The horse, most provided by O'Neill, pursued them, killing many without resistance. During the melee O'Neill was speared in the leg, while Bagenal's shin was bruised by the flat of a gallowglass axe. It was estimated that 300 of Maguire's men were killed, mostly
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The combined forces of
Bagenal and O'Neill moved on Maguire's positions on 10 October. Though Maguire was in overall command of Irish forces in the region he was not in immediate command at the ford. Bagenal described the ford as "fortified in front and flank for their own defence, and our annoyance,
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of the Irish defenders. Therefore, the
English could pour fire into the Irish without fear of effective return fire. The assaulting infantry entered the water, which was high, and the soldiers were described as "wading through to the arm holes". Several ineffective volleys from the defending Irish
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offered to reinforce the position at
Belleek, O'Neill ordered him to stand down. Though painful, O'Neill's wound helped confirm his 'loyalty' and increased the effectiveness of the deception as he "was pleased therat, so that the English should not have any suspicion of him". The bloodletting at
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with troops holding strong fortifications. Bagenal proposed several plans to flank
Maguire's defences, but O'Neill refused to cooperate. Therefore, unable to cross the Erne, Bagenal and O'Neill marched north in separate columns on 7 October, meeting at Termon Magrath two days later. O'Neill had
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Belleek was an effective deception to distract the Crown into thinking a small regional revolt was nearly over, when in truth the
English were in the early stages of a war which almost ended English power in Ireland.
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to receive treatment for his wound, whereas
Bagenal continued to plunder in the area until he returned to Lisgoole on 17 October. Bagenal believed Maguire's forces had been dealt a severe blow and
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was commissioned to lead a force into
Fermanagh and bring Maguire to heel. On his march into Fermanagh, Bagenal attacked the lands of Maguire's ally, Brian MacHugh Og MacMahon in
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on 26 September with 200 horsemen and 600 foot soldiers â half the number of promised infantry. Maguire held
Enniskillen Castle and blocked the ford across the
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was sure that
Maguire's power was broken and his forces dwindling. Yet it later emerged that Maguire's main force of modern
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were sent to positions on the left and right of the ford. The longer range of the muskets over-matched the smaller
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enabled Maguire to take the offensive. During May and June 1593, Maguire and
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in the best sort they could devise". The Crown army was split into two
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ordered his infantry to return home. Maguire's mixed force of 600â900
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524:gallowglass and Scottish redshanks.
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16:Battle of the Nine Years' War, 1593
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