At single anchor with a spring on the cable entrance of the Town of Falmouth from the NNW to the WSW

at 4 AM do Wear Employed getting Everything reddy to Engage the Town at 8 do the same three men came on board again ½ Past they went on shor again at 9 Light airs & fair 35 miniuts [after] 9 made the signal to Engage 40 minuits after 9 a Smart fire begun from the Canceaux Symmentry Halifax and Spitfire which was keeped up by all at 10 several Houses was on fire the fire broke out with great violens in two or 3 houses of the Somost Part of the Town at Noon the fire begun to be general both in the Town and vessles but being calm the fire did Not Sprede as wished for at 1 P M Small breezis from the Soerd ½ Past the Town House and the English Church begun to burn a brisk fire was keeped up by all the squadron at 2 fresh breezis and hazey Wear being several detached houses to twoward the Soermost Part of the Town that culd not be set on fire from the shipping at 3 do the Lieut with thirty Seamen and Marines went on Shor to set them on fire whin on that Pece of duty they war attacked and fired upon by Numbers but by the alertness of that brisk officer keeped thim off and Performed the duty they war Sent upon at 4 they came on board without the loss of a man and only on[e] slighty wounded at 5 ceased firing as most of the Houses and all the Vessels at and about the Town were destroyed to the number 13 Sail two which got off which we took posession most Part was Loaded to and from the West Indes ½ Past made the Sigl to get under sail as we being the last ship that got under way as the rest got under way some tim befor Pr Sigl we was fired upon by Numbers from both sids of the water being little wind it was some time before we got out of rech of ther Musquetry which did us no dammished at 8 Anchor'd in hog Island road in 10 fm, water as did all the rest of the Squadron at 10 dark cloudy Wear with rain