Intelligence from Rhode Island the 21st Janry 1776. Says.
That the Morning of the 31st Ulto the Rebels Army Commanded by Montgomery attempted to get Possession of Quebec by Escalade, but were repulsed with the loss (by their own Accounts) of 70 killed on the Spot, and 300 taken Prisoners within the Walls. ー Among the Dead are General Montgomery and his Aid De Camp ー Colonel Arnold wounded in the Thigh, but not a Prisoner ー Major [Christopher] Green, of [James Mitchell] Varnum's Regiment, a Prisoner and many other Officers Killed and Wounded.
N.B. This account from Genl Wooster to Govr Trumbull.
That the Congress had order'd 30 Ships to be built, and ready for Sea by the 1st of April, force, from 20 to 36 Guns ー All the Carpenters in this part of the Country (Vizt Newport) are gone to Providence to assist in building Two Ships, that are ordered to be got ready there, one of 28 the other of 32 Guns.
That the Rebel Army about Boston, consists of about 12,000 Men, and that General [Charles] Lee was gone to New York.
That a Detachment from the King's Forces (under command of Lord Dunmore) Commanded by Captain [Charles] Fordyce, attacked a Party of the Rebels in their Intrenchments near the great Bridge at Norfolk, in which Captain Fordyce was killed on the Spot, and the Detachment lost 90 or 100 Men killed and taken Prisoners. ー That Lord Dunmore with the Main Body of his Army, had retreated to the Ships, and had Cannonaded the Town of Norfolk.
