While at New Haven we had Information that a body of Refugees about one hundred in number was at Saggharbour on a Foraging party with One Armed brig of 14 guns, and 13 Coasting-Vessels in order to carry away what was collected, their business being about completed, and ready to depart when the Information was given. Immediately Colo [Return Jonathan] Meigs provided a number of Whale Boats and proceeded with our force for Long Island. We arrived at a place on the North side of the Island called Baileys beach which was 14 miles from Saggharbour the Afternoon following at this place the Carrying place was about 40 rods over. here we took our boats by hand and carried them accross, and put them into a Creek called Mill Creek. from this place it was about 2 or 3 hours rowing to Saggharbour. in the first part of the night we rowed across the bay, and came to a N eek of Land which was about 4 rods wide to the water on the other side, which led to Saggharbour and here we again took up our boats and carried them across this Isthmus, and again Embarked, at this time about one mile from the Enemy.

We landed on the West qf the Port about half a mile and surrounded the Village at once and proceeded down to their quarters where we completely succeeded in capturing the whole force except one man. we burnt all the coasting vessels which was all loaded and laid along side the wharf and a store that was 60 feet long that stood on the wharf. It so happened that they had completed all their business at this place, and the afternoon before they had received a months pay, and had a sham fight and damned the Yankees, and wished them to come over for there never was a better time, each man had a wooden flint in his musket, and after their Sham fight, they sent the greatest villan belonging to their Gang to Southampton to engage a dinner for the whole Company the next day on their march up the Island. They remained went to drinking &c. and all got pretty well Boozey when we arrived. We took Ninety nine Tories some had nothing but his shirt on, some a pair of trousers, others perhaps 1 stocking and one shoe, and in fact they were carried off in this Situation to New Haven, and None escaped except the armed Brig which was anchored off and the man spoken of above. the whole of the time our troops was there the brig was firing broadsides in every direction. We returned back to New Haven in about 60 hours with our Gentry where they were all deposited in the town Gaol.