Thursday last [November 9], in the Afternoon, an Engagement happened in the Bay, between two Privateer Sloops from this Place, and a Schooner, a Bomb-Ketch, and three tenders, from Newport; the Engagement lasted till Night, when the Enemy's Vessels [sheeredr off, and were chased several Miles by our Cruizers. ー Two of the Tenders got back to Newport the same Night, one of them much damaged in her Sails and Rigging. ー Our vessels received little or no Injury.¹