The army is revictualed at Askeaton (the…
June 1599 CE
The army is revictualed at Askeaton (the center of resistance to the crown in the Desmond rebellion fifteen years previously), after an encounter with the Sugán Earl, a pretender to the Earldom of Desmond, who had shown himself at Adare with two thousand to three thousand men.
Essex decides to march south in an effort to draw the Munster rebels into battle, having realized that they will not allow themselves to be trapped between his army and the sea.