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+By then, it was late August. Winter was approaching,
+and William wanted to finish the war in Ireland so
+that he could return to the Netherlands and get
+on with the main business of the War of the Grand
+Alliance against the French. For that reason, he
+decided on an all-out assault on Limerick.
+William's men had suffered about 3,000 casualties,
+including many of their best Dutch, Danish, German
+and Huguenot troops. The Jacobites had lost only
+men in the battle. The worsening weather made
+William call off the siege and put his troops into
+winter quarters, where another 2,000 of them died
+of disease. William himself left Ireland shortly
+afterwards and returned to London.

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