Chester WbS 3 Miles
At 7 AM The Sigl was made for all Petty Officers, At ½ past 9 Weigh'd & run up the River. At 10. Anchd: about ¼ of Mile below the Chiveaux de frize in 6½ fm: & veer'd to 1/3 a Cable. The Fort E½N. Off shore a Cable's length
Billingsfort E½N off shore a Cable's length.
Modte: & fair Wr. PM Sent a Number of Seamen & Carpenters (as did the Squadron) who set fire to the Barracks & wood work of Billingsfort At ½ past 7 the Enemies Galleys came down and fir'd a Number of Shot at us which we return'd, they cut our bobstay's & some of the running Rigging At 9 Weigh'd ⅌ Sigl & dropt down till ten then Anchd: with the S: Br: in 5 fm. muddy bottom.