The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-09-14 00:00:00, page 4

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-- si_ CHARLL—STOWN (3. c.) Aug. 2. ;
- R ne — shamed; on Sunivasss Iflmd will be in future ned
si. (, , in honour of the galled ,ofiiocr who
_ ' ' emornble flth day of hue, 1776.
' on was as follows: Artillery. Killed, lctma
. tresses. ad ngnment. Killed, ! Serjennt, yl'mk
_ _ , Lieutenann Gray and Hall, the sise-mljou : ser
_ ' and sile. 'sotql. Killedn; woundedzz. '
" - ' cen were but flight]! wounded, and are now well; 5 of '
ed privatee ce den . _ -
- 'lu are very e dame d; but hardly : hut or men (be
the shot entirely fiauy thousands of-me simuz'flot
-icked .u'on the ifland! _ -
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ee was at Haddi'en'sPoint at the beginning o t ' , _
_' w " ]: sire, 40 the soft, where]! .
Allits'ry servicw
si siss raise both diet
" ' " " e him:- of
- be remembendzctss the beginning of the action
.: awe ; Weing observed by serjnnt ]nsper, of "
immesiwly'hm (! rom one of the embrazurcs upondle
si- sing, and zed it on a i'ponge shff; with it in_his
sif. :! the meslon. end, notwithflanding the shot flew as
bound him, he leisurely fixed it. Serjeant 'MctDonald, of
. si-_ -- _ company, while exerting himself in : vex)! distinguished
. 'a tmllf shattend by I mnon ball; in a few minutesfbe
ss 'slterhavingsissuttered these words: " My sciehds, I am ',
" let thecause of libenw expire with me;" * His comndes _!t
.tbe gdhnt Jnspet immediefely removEd his mangled case
t, end calledebud, " Let us revenge that brpve mn'e'
he day'nster the action, his Excellency the Presidmt presemsied I
lisped- with a sword, as a mark of eReem for his distingujfled si
' s
_ zd ofjuly General Lee sent a shg to the enemy, with : pieposd
_ ". sisi nge uprisoncf for Co]. Ethan Allen, who it was said one in :Iu
?} esem of some fresh meat and vegetable: was sent anhe sm
& ne. en] Clinm bed? et Long ]fland, an anffrer was nor m.,
ss . w kin m .dnyessnstm :, when he informed Ghe'ul Lee; "Q
_ Album not.]inpd, Ill! la return for his presimt sent somfpli'w,
arm, te. Two enginm came in the boat, but as they went needed
ss I fine distance from the fen, ithey were deprived of an oppbrtuniry of
kehg what they were probably sentto observe. _,
. \ 'Asi'lo'op 'l'mni theWeltlnfli'ea, with pnpowdu,"&c. m Wou
th';- th, in confinin- into Ston - '; the'- sup days zf W'fflf
a n..- ' , mhsirssgo ' si oufly tlkeneut. ' " '.
- - nunber of the enemy'e pom'ent to Long lflnniebont to day:.
thrthuepnlk endtook on board un ."" troops on it up Gixt [land.
About the fam-time some of their srigatm and armed vessels went 'over
she her, and on 'the tzth the Briflol made an atdmpt to go out, in whith
fie fliled, having Rruck on the bar. She succeeded in mother attempt"
four day. lftasi, end came to en anchor off the hzrbour. - ,
: - Themus *, with the Solebly, Tknhdcr, Friendship, and some
' si if, the sum! med vZHek, :sziled on the :oth, steeling a southward
rse; they were afterward: seen standing to the eaflward. On the same
-ss- y nbriglntine, htvingon board 50 soldien and 6 failen, 'got eyen.!
- deer Dewees'l lnletsi She wu left unobserved_ssb the rest, and on du:
_ dy lftefwu'ds wu tekedsiby in armed flat, or oatin battery, co .
. _ manded by Lieqtmlnt Pickerirssg. The brigantine cou :! not he got (It
lnd was therefore burnt. She was mounted with six 4. pound-ss; the
foldiers threw their small atws ovc-uboird on seeing the appmach of me
.;t. Four of the crew escaped in their bait,
VII.! gn the asth, the Experiment wentovc'r the bar, her lower ties osgun;
.ken out; she came to zm :mcho near the Commodorc, Syren,
) si'
-- * flsi etrmsports, ly'ng off the harhour. A flsiigatc, which had not
been _ ; before, came to the Commndofc m the zfternoon of the zsth.
' Ne 'The sailed for the southward, and two days zftex the Sysen
_9' followed .- ' '
"m sorenoon the Aflive, Sphinx, and: lage transport, being allos
the enemy's vesseh within the bar, wcnt out, and with the Expen imcnt,
6 Brifsiel, 3 transpostt, udatender, stood out Po sea, siecring an E_. N. E.
ctct Within these fe'day; : urge of s-sven tons of gunpewder and a quan
ton e.
tity of dry goods, he been safely lnndc-J in this colony.
In this gazette of May 31, our advrces respecting the lndisims gave
n to expect they would remain quiet; since which we have certain
.
adcounts of'thM—hdng KZMleflsie-M'l enduken '
some prisoners. The? ; rfeen naktommnddlqhzsihe ct -
present comest, anditis " -- - -- nreeenhnwhtchz :
p'ezceable dispositioms will - ss 1 Then :! the grante te on:]:
expect che Cherokeee will soon . si then- ninth. :: consider
bodics of men from Virginia, Nor! .
tum on their march into their coun _ ss
'ch hear, *Wek::£tprze week: [ty;], d _ss si
ufl'me em : e ooner, o: e wn si
given" in Georgia.P A'pa from the same plzce bin been ct ss
b' ildingffi fort at St. Man 'a; _a boat belongmg w uwx
etes Baehuy and seven or ere on b'qard, was uken- : -
flee, after lomsse shqsstbein exchanged; chreegf them "0! - --
Capc. Bachop, " , effour, brought prusopers tqfimnnnh. --
M lb! si 'fi-om Augusta'othe uch mltant mfmmsi.us,- . es—
- ffiw , unde . _
Majqrpck, : out from or: ]a'mei on rsi'" s, about um; _
"mile: to the westward of Augusta, for 'soogelo and Wax, (he ., --
neven Cherokee towne. After threessdays march, they znifflnffi
gues, whmth killed [bout Ipirt n lndiansz and burned hath
no!
heys likewise ne l'lsflmes pfi over. who )sisid been in'Ca-M ' '
qam'p that very nipg. After having effected this, the pany' w
home, 'and Majof jack arrived at Augusta on the each of dle mid;
The (ame'ndvices hdd. that, in all appearance, the Cheroolgees win;":
receive any aid From the Greeks, but be left alone to extricate ehetife 4, —
eyes : quarnl.they so rashly and needlessly involved {hemsclvee in. ' '9 .
' c is laid thcto : y in East Florida have or : conudeuble fresh sup: -
ply of )issvecaulcsi _ " ]undering mr defence ess inhubitann on The staf- - - *
tiers; but there ifi rearon to expect they will shiel- in their turn. ffishirh—
ish lately happened between a party of them and some Georgia'rlngm, - '
in which each lah two men: Son'lc Creek pdians were yrich them, but on
bring'called to by : Hals-breed in our party, surrendered' th selveu
hey wan well unted, and have since been sent to theirm nin-s
quite different humour. —
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,NEW YORK, Augustza.
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T is said the memy on Long lfland have been reinforced, and anno- *_
supposed to he'zo,ooo strong. Yesterday several flcivmishu hqpmfl
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wwsn one day: u-J thin;, 'nm 7" camm: ahzzj - '—
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count. All we can learn is, that we have taken si '
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Captain, serieant, corporal,'and !G'privateo, belonFin lb
and Mnjor Cudjo, commander ofLord Dunmore's b leg " ct .,ss ss,ss_
ver did troo : behave with greater courage and resolution. (humect; '
on the occa mn. They made several attacks upon our 'lu', hun—
repullZ-j With considerable loss. Ourtroops an in hi M. We
hcmrly expect to hear of their renewing the attach
PHsiILADELPHIsiA, Augussst 3x.ssss_ 1'
'A): express fwbicb arrived bat-wmu 8 and 9 o'dv'd th': msh NIW
. Yonx brought thefollowing letter. ct
3 1 R, - New You, lugnst -: l'tbct, PJM.
THlS minute returned from 01: lines on pffishld" wheat! lct
his Exclliency the Gencn]. From him ] ale it in command Mni '
form Congress; that yesterdzy he went there, and continued till evening]
when , from the enemy] having landed '- pssnlctidcntble part of their fptqu,
and most of their movements, that th e siwat season to apprehend they . si
would make, in :; lutle time, :: gemfattuk. 2
'*' As tluy would have a wood pass through, before they could
approach she fine;. i: was thought " , ient to plat a number of meq'
lle're, nn different ]" asds 'lctding fro gghenee they were siltioned, i
order to hnrrass and annossv them in theirsifilarc Thitbeingdm, eld}
{his morning a smart engageu-cm'enWet the enemy {Aud our d'e.
tachments, which, being unequal t_o the force they. had to cotfiend withsi
haue sulhivm! a.prctt_v confizlcrabpsiloss; at. battactssany of our men-m
miffin . Ammg those that have notcw are Gctmsifl Sullim qnd
Lord rirlmg. si- " ' " '
, , ss ; . . , by sudl
" The aumysis loss is not known,
.. . ; what sin, that"
of our troops that were in the engng
they had many killed and WOUW' 1" ct song lHEutmant',
erjeant, and corporal, with pfifonbi. si
" While the detachmenu m engaged, ( colnmn of the enemy des)
cendcd from the woods, did marched tusked. thecentre lines, with :
design to make an imprdon, but were repulscd. _ - '
" This evening they assured very numerous about the (lum of the