They were hotly pursued, and slaughtered in great numbers, the Irish cavalry pouring through the openings in the hedges which had been prepared for them.

At length, the fugitives reached the edge of the bog, where they gathered in a confused mass; which the officers, in vain, attempted to form into order.

The cavalry charged down upon them, broke and scattered them, and drove them into the morass, followed by the Irish infantry, who were better acquainted with the ground, and more accustomed to traversing bogs.

The soldiers were driven into the deepest and most difficult portion of the morass, and a great slaughter took place.
The British artillery were planted on the edge of the morass, but so mingled were the two parties that they were unable to fire.

Great numbers of the English were killed.