S^o End of Green Island EbS ½ a mile

At 1 AM Weigh'd & m^d. sail At 2 Anch^d. in 10 feet Water between Green Island & the Main.

Billing's Port SEbS Dist^ce. ½ a mile

Mod^t. & Clear W^r. At 1 PM Weigh'd & tow'd thro' the Chiveaux de Frises to take up the Augusta's Anchor At 5 Slip'd our Cable & was order'd up in Comp^y. w^th. the Roebuck, Augusta, Liverpool & another of his Maj^s. Ships, the Merlin Sloop & Cornwallis Galley At 6 The Rebel Galleys began to Engage as did Mud Island Fort against our Shipping D^o the Augusta got aground ½ past 6 a Shot struck us w^ch. wounded Pat^k. Smith & And^w. Gordon as we Anch^d. under the Augusta's Stern by her Order in 3½ f^m.