Editing Mallow, County Cork (section)

===Williamite War in Ireland (1690)===
On 16 September 1690, shortly after the failed [[Siege of Limerick (1690)|Siege of Limerick]] but before the [[Siege of Cork]], Colonel Moritz Melchior von Donop, commanding of the [[Danish Auxiliary Corps in the Williamite War in Ireland#Order of Battle|second regiment of Danish cavalry]], reconnoitred Mallow and destroyed the bridge. He reported encountering a group of Jacobite [[raparee]]s in Mallow, perhaps 3000 strong.<ref name="The Williamite Wars Mallow">{{cite web |last1=Childs |first1=John |title=The Williamite Wars in Ireland, 1688-91 |url=https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/the-williamite-wars-in-ireland-1688-91/ch16-cork-and-kinsale |website=bloomsburycollections.com |publisher=Bloomsbury Collections |access-date=31 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Following his return Major General [[Ernst von Tettau]] and Major General [[Adam van der Duyn, heer van 's-Gravenmoer|Scravenmore]] devised a [[Military deception|ruse]] whereby a small force of 100 cavalry and 50 dragoons was detached from the overall force of 1200 Horse, 300 Dragoons, and 2 Companies of Danish Foot. These acted as bait and successfully lured out the Jacobites commanded by [[Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan]] and routing them, with 300 raparees dead. Some accounts claim that only Sarsfield and five companions escaped the battle.<ref name="Bodleian: skirmish in Mallow">{{cite journal |title=A True and faithful account of the present state and condition of the kingdom of Ireland together with the intire defeat of a body of Irish under the command of Colonel Sarsfield by a detached party of 1200 horse and 300 dragoons by Lieut. Gen. Scravenmore within 14 miles of the city of Cork. |url=https://ota.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repository/xmlui/handle/20.500.12024/A63383 |website=Bodleian library |access-date=31 March 2023 |date=April 2011}}</ref>