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Matters continue very still, that I have little to write ー We are in hourly expectation of the Enemies Landing on this Island ー But they continue still as yet ー Except that they have Erected a Battery opposite ours at Hell gate from whence there was yesterday a very brisk Cannonading & Bombardment upon our Fort ー & from our fort upon them ー I hear they killed one of our Men, wounded Another & have done some Damage to the fort ー last Night they were still on both sides ー but this morning we hear the Cannon playing very briskly again. The Ship (probably the Rose Capt Wallace) still lie in the East River close by the long Island Shore; at such a Distance, that tis not easy to damage her much.