It was yesterday reported in the city, that Commodore Hopkins, with nine ships under his command, had landed in the island of Bermudas, and carried off all the valuable goods he could meet with whilst he staid, which was three days.1
1. While this report was without foundation, it illustrates the uneasiness created in London by news of Hopkins' amphibious assault on New Providence. The Public Advertiser, July 29, 1776, carried another: "a British fleet was totally defeated by Admiral Hopkins upon the 23d of June, after a dreadful slaughter on both sides."
