[Anchored off Staten Island]
at 4 AM hove Shor[t] on the small Br at 5 got under way, soon after which fell on Bd of a Ship which Obliged us to cut away the small Br Anchor, to get clear. Do bent the Remainder of the Cable to the Sheet Anchor At 8 Anchor'd with the Best br in Gravesend Bay, in 4 Fths Water and With a Spring on the Cable brought our Broad Side to bear on the shore to cover the Landing of the Troops found riding herre] his Majesty's Bomb Vessel Carcass with the Grey Hound and Rose and Phoenix with Ld How's Flag on board at 1/2 past 9 the troops began to Land to the Amount of about 5000 Men, the Boats immediately returned to the transports, and bringing the remainder to Land with the Greatest Expedition at noon the Landing was compleated without the least resistance.