Att Single Anchor off Bushwick Creek East River
At 5 AM Weighed & run over to Keps's Bay, New York Isld & let go the Stern Anchor in 18 fam about 2 Cables length from the Enemy's Trenches, Do Veerd away & let go the Bt Br in 5 fam & moord head & Stern 1/2 Cable each way NNE & SSW Do Run our Stream Anchor out a breast to the Etward, to get the Guns to bear on different parts of their Trenches ー At 7 Our Troops on Long Island began to move in the Flatt bottom Boats ー At?, $ past 9 Seeing the Rebels getting into their Trenches the Phoenix began to fire, as did the Orpheus, Roebuck & Rose, they being all moor'd in a line a head of us, at the distance of a Cables length from each other, After firing several Broadsides right a Shore, we hauld in the Stream Cable, and brought our Guns to bear on their Trenches on our Quarter, w[h]ere a great Number of the Rebels was assembled, on which they run off into the Woods ー At 1/2 past 10 left of[f] fireing, our Troops 'being Landed & Formed, Do found we fired 20 broadsides in the Space of an hour, with Double headed, round & Grape Shott, Do the Jibb was Sett on fire by accident, Several Gun Tackles & One Axle- tree broke, At 11 Unmoor'd Ship, the Rebels having left their Trenches, Do lost part of a Hawser which was for a Spring, several Wood and leather Buckets, Do Stove 2 Barrels & one Hh'd, to supply the Men wth Fresh water & Cutt one Puncheon for Match Tubbs
Fresh Breezes & Cloudy wth Rain ー At 5 PM Weighed & came to Sail. Do anchor'd a breast of Bushwyck Creek as before in Company with the above Ships in 9 fam water.