April 1776 Moor'd off Bedlows Island Wednesdy 3 A M at 1 the Rebels set on Fire the Hospitals on Bedlows Island, Fir'd at them one 9 & one 18 pdr 2
l. PRO, Admiralty 51 /67. .
2. "April 2d. ー Major D'Hart [William De Hart], of the Jersey troops, with 200 men, about midnight, made a descent on a small island in the harbour, which the British had begun to fortify; burnt a building or two, took two muskets, some entrenching tools, and cameoff. The Asia fired several cannon, but did no harm." Abbatt, ed., Heath Memoirs, 37.