the Augusta SE ½ a Mile. Hog Island ENE 1½ Mile & the Rebel Fleet ENE 3 Miles—
AM Noon the Augusta got above the Lower Cheveaux De Frizes—Row'd Guard &c.—
Billings Port Fort SE 1 Mile Roebuck SEbE 1—do. & the Rebel Fleet EbN 3 Miles—Light Breezes & Clear Weather. at 4 PM Came up the River & Anchord off Billings Port Fort His Majestys Ships lcis & Merlin Sloop—do. Weighed & Came to Sail Down the River. from 5 to 8 do. a Heavy Canonading from Our Ships. & the Rebel Floating Batterys & Gallies same Time heard a Number of Small Arms fired at Red Bank. supposed to be our Troops Storming the Fort at Red Bank.1 at 9 do. Anchord with ye. small Br. in 5 fathom Water. Chester Town WbN 1 or 2 Miles.