Remarks onboard the Somerset Saturday Novemr. 15th 1777 Lying off Billings Fort
at 4 AM Sent them1 again in Order to See that the Bouys were agreable to the Soundings they had before laid them in Do prepared to attack the Enemy at 6 took up our Stream Anchor hove Short on the Best Bower at 9 the Vigilant Prepared to go up the Hog Island Channell at ½ past 9 we Came to Sail & proceeded for the General Attacks of Fort Island the Battery on Mantu Creek and the Enemys water Force at 10 Came too of the Bar of the Westn Channell Opposite Fort island the Isis off in the Channel about a Cable & ½ to the N/E the Roebuck Liverpool Pearl &Cornwallis Gally against the Battery on Mantu Creek the Vigilant & Fury Sloop anchor'd off Fort Island at Which time the whole was in Action at Noon Still in Action Fort Island NNE ¾ of a Mile [At] 2 Fresh Breezes the Ships All engaging at 2 PM being High water the Enemys water Force advanced Continued our Fire against them Fort Island Fire being Slack'd by by the Vigilant & Fury Sloop at 5 made the Sigl. to weigh Do parted from the Stream Anchor the Hawser being Short at 6 Cut the Sheet Cable in the Splice hove Short on the Best Bower at 7 weighed & Dropt Down to our Former Station & Anchd. with the Best Bower in 7 fathom Billings Fort South ¼ of a mile