off Pt Comfort
at 9 AM saw 2 Ships off the Cape, chaced pr. Sigl to the SE St. Albans in Company—
Cape Henry WBS 2 or 3 Miles
Little Wind & fr. at ½ past 4 PM fired 8 Shot at one of the Chace, at 6 fired 4 Shot at the Chace & bt. her too, a French Ship from Port L'Orient bound for Virginia,1 St. Albans in Chace of the other2