Ten Minutes before Eleven OClk this Morning the Bomb Ship threw a Bomb of 13 Inches diameter into Fort Sullivan which fell upon the Magazine there, but did no considerable damage, at the same time the Bristol of 50 Guns, The Experiment of 50 Guns, The Syren of 28, the Acteon of 28, The Active of 28, The Sole Bay of 28, the Sphynx of 20 Guns, The Friendship of 26 Guns, all weighed Anchor & drawing up their Courses bore down to Fort Sullivan, The Fort fired as soon as the 2 50 Gun Ships came within Distance & the Syren which three made the first line, they immediately dropt Anchor with Springs on their Cables & began a Smart Cannonade, which was return'd with Coolness & deliberation from the Fort, the Second line of frigates supported the first and an incessant fire was kept up till Eleven OClock at Night. When the Ships as well as the Fort ceased firing, the first because they were much Shatterd & had the following Numbers killed & wounded, Bristol on board of which was Sr Peter Parker Commodore, lost her Captains Arm, 44 killed & 30 Wounded, & all her Masts tore to Splinters, & she prodigiously hull'd. The Experiment had 57 killed & 30 Wounded, and her Capt. killed. Active had her first Lt kill'd & 1 Mariens Eye & Cheek Shot away. Sol-Bay Capt. Hurt 2 killed & 4 Wounded, Acteon run on shore, Sphynx lost her Bow sprit, and otherwise much damaged, The Thunder Bomb beds were shattered, & she unfit to continue the Bombardment, And the latter because they had no more powder, the loss at the fort was but ten men killed & 22 Wounded, so Wonderfully did God appear in Our behalf, that the Men of War cut their cables in the dead of Night & Stole away to their old Stations to refit.