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| rdfs:comment | - Limerick, a city in western Ireland, was besieged twice in the Williamite War in Ireland, 1689-1691. On the first of these occasions, in August to September 1690, its Jacobite defenders retreated to the city after their defeat at the Battle of the Boyne. The Williamites, under William III, tried to take Limerick by storm, but were driven off and had to retire into their winter quarters.
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| Partof | - the Williamite War in Ireland
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| Commander | - William III of England
- French general Lauzun, Irish commanders Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, Patrick Sarsfield
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| Caption | - Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan, Irish Jacobite cavalry commander
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| Casualties | - ~3,000 killed in assault, 2,000 died of disease
- ~400 killed in action
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| combatant | - Jacobite forces
- Williamite forces
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| abstract | - Limerick, a city in western Ireland, was besieged twice in the Williamite War in Ireland, 1689-1691. On the first of these occasions, in August to September 1690, its Jacobite defenders retreated to the city after their defeat at the Battle of the Boyne. The Williamites, under William III, tried to take Limerick by storm, but were driven off and had to retire into their winter quarters.
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