When col. Woodford had embarked his men at Sandy Point, to cross over to join the first detachment at Cobham, he was determined to attack a large sloop tender which had been sent up to prevent his passage; but as soon as the boats were manned, and had put off from the shore, the tender tacked about and ran down to Jamestown, where, being sorely mortified at their disappointment and disgrace, the man of war and tenders fired for some time with great fury at our men stationed there, and the next day they all fell down the river, to reinforce our late governour, at Gosport. This tender, in. her passage up the river, came within about 400 yards of the shore; on which capt. [John] Green, and ten of his men, gave them a salute, which so disconcerted them that they stood away, and ran aground [on] the other shore, where they stuck for some time. Col. [Charles] Scott, who was at Cobham, opposite to Jamestown, seeing a flat loaded wth oysters endeavouring to go to the Kingfisher, sent off a boat or two after her to prevent her; on which the man of war fired at the boats, but our men forced the flat to pass by, and drove her so near the Jamestown side that capt. Green and his men got her within reach of their rifles, and took her, eat the oysters, and skimmed the shells in contempt at the Kingfisher and her tenders.