But these protections proved of no avail; and he was forced to own that, whatever power he might be able to exercise over his soldiers, he could not keep order among the mob of campfollowers.

The country behind him was a wilderness; and soon the country before him became equally desolate.

For at the fame of his approach the colonists burned their furniture, pulled down their houses, and retreated northward.

Some of them attempted to make a stand at Dromore, but were broken and scattered.

Then the flight became wild and tumultuous.