Monk's
predicament in Ulster was becoming precarious and he had begun
negotiations with the Royalist besiegers. Perhaps more than anything,
this spurred the House of Commons to expedite Cromwell's financial
needs saying:
"We
doth detest and abhor" any thoughts of negotiation with Popish
Rebels in Ireland "who have had their hands in shedding innocent
blood there."
A
desperate Colonel Jones broke out of Dublin on August 2nd of 1641
attacking the superior force surrounding the city. With an army
of 5,000 underfed men, short of arms and supplies, Jones faced
19,000 of Ormonde's men defeating them and taking an estimated
2,000 prisoners and inflicting 4,000 fatalities.
The
victory in Dublin was seen as nothing short of divine intervention
for if Jones had not succeeded against Ormonde, Cromwell would
have been forced to a landing spot further south causing further
delay to his Irish campaign. Of Jone's victory, Cromwell wrote:
"This
is an astonishing mercy, so great and seasonable as indeed we
are like them that dreamed. What can we say! The Lord fill our
souls with thankfulness, that our mouths may be full of His praise."
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