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...We last evening receiv'd a confirmation of the engagement at Sullivan's Island, Carolina. The Yankees fought well. I cant but observe that every days experience proves Govr [George] Johnstone's assertion respecting the certain effect of Batteries judiciously situated, against Ships ー I cou'd wish all our Forts in our Harbours and Rivers were plentifully supplied with chain shott ー I presume, had this been the Case at the Southward, Sir Peter's Fleet wou'd have been totally disennabled, and some of them must have fallen into our hands ー I hope soon to see another assertion of that Gent's equally well established, that respecting Fire Rafts or Ships. NewYork now gives us a fair opportunity for the experiment