[On board H.M.S. Eagle] Tuesday, 3d. September.
A great Firing was heard last night from the Town upon the Rose & the Boats, which were ordered to sail up the East River. One Shot passed through the Rose, and another beat off one of her anchors, without doing any other Damage. The Rebels fired two Pieces of Ordnance upon her today from a Battery opposite Bushwyck; and wounded two or three Men. The Boats got safe into Newtown Creek, and, as 'tis supposed, unperceived by the Enemy, through the favorable Darkness of the Night.
1. Tatum, ed., Serle's Journal, 89, 90-91.