As no reinforcement could be sent us, we received orders this morning to remove our artillery, stores and baggage, and hold ourselves in readiness to retreat, and before night most of them were removed.

About 9 A.M. we saw the enemy troops embarking in flat bottom'd boats, about two miles above us, who appeared in large numbers on the shore, after their boats, (about 30) were full. Four ships at the same time came to sail below, and stood up towards us, but they soon came to anchor again, and the boats which had pushed off, returned back. Had they come at this time, we must either have retired and left them large quantities of artillery stores: or fought their army and navy at the same time, with our small detachment, and that under every disadvantage; but they saw fit to retire to get more strength, as appeared afterwards, tho' they could not be ignorant of our weakness, as our men were paraded every day in full view of them.