April 1777 Saturday 5th
At Sea At 1 AM Saw a Sail, Gave Chace, at 2 Do fired 2 Shott bro't too the Chace, Proved a French Ship from Martinico for Miquelon, Sent an Officer & Some Men on board her.2 At 12 AM Rosoa E½N 2 Miles. Modere breezes & Cloudy Wr At 1 PM bro't too off Rosoa, Fired 25 Guns [in] Return [for] Different Signals of[£) Rosoa, from the Shiping. People Empd Mooring the French Ship & Unbending her Sails.
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/880.
2. La Seine, —— Morain, master, carrying arms and warlike stores. See Young's Prize List, April 30, 1777. This was one of the ships sent by Beaumarchais.
