At Single Anchor as before Arnold Point NEbE ¾

East Popasquash N½W & Gold Isle¹ SW½South
at 12 [midnight] Weighd & made sail in C^o a Num^r of flat Boats at 2 AM past Popasquash point, at day light the Rebels fir’d sev^l Shot at us from Popasquash & their Alarm Guns at Warwick Neck, saw the flat Boats near Warren, at 8 it falling little Wind, & Tide done, dropt the sm^l Bower, run out the Kedge & began to warp tow^ds. the Boats, saw a Num^r of houses on fire & a gt Explosion at Warren, at 10 saw a red Flag on Shore & our Troops march^g towards Bristol, ans^d it & made Sail to the S^o.w^d. in C^o. the flat Boats at ½ p^t 11 saw several houses & a Church at Bristol on Fire

[off Popasquash Point and Hog I.] Mod^t Winds & fair W^r. PM at 1 saw our Troops in possession of y^e Batteries on Bristol Ferry, at 2 came too w^t the sm^l Bower, Veer’d ⅓ Cable w^t a spring on it to cover the Embarkation of the Troops, at 3 they embarked, the Rebels then fired sev^l Shot from the Heights w^ch past thro our sails, the Channel being very narrow run out the Kedge, Weighd the Bower, slipt the Kedge & one hawser, made sail at 4 came too w^t the sm^l Bower of[f] Providence² in 11 f^m. water, during this Transaction the Venus³ advanced to our Station—