Essex now falls into sharp fighting on…
July 1599 CE
Essex now falls into sharp fighting on the border of Westmeath with the rebel Captain Tyrrell.
Clifford comes from Connacht to reinforce Essex, and loses many men; but the O'Connors are surprised, with their children exposed to the full force of the crown campaign: five hundred cows are taken from them in thick woods and their corn is burned by Essex.
Harrington is involved in the expedition, but again Essex has failed to draw the main rebel force into battle, and his army retires to Dublin.