His temper was savage: his manners were coarse: his language was a strange jargon compounded of various dialects of French and German.

Even those who thought best of him, and who maintained that his rough exterior covered some good qualities, owned that his looks were against him, and that it would be unpleasant to meet such a figure in the dusk at the corner of a wood, [194] The little that is known of Maumont is to his honour.
In the camp it was generally expected that Londonderry would fall without a blow.

Rosen confidently predicted that the mere sight of the Irish army would terrify the garrison into submission.

But Richard Hamilton, who knew the temper of the colonists better, had misgivings.
The assailants were sure of one important ally within the walls.

Lundy, the Governor, professed the Protestant religion, and had joined in proclaiming William and Mary; but he was in secret communication with the enemies of his Church and of the Sovereigns to whom he had sworn lealty.