The Newport gazette. [volume] (Newport [R.I.]) 1777-1779, 1778-03-05
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nouag he funk frames, Or oth.rwife clear.
lnE Ia lhanAei', sil the commsnd of the
iao c. on each Gie Of the river could be
o>.sin:d.
Fo ,hefe purpofes tbs General ordered
. fem; bau'rie, to be erettsd ou tbs weRers
flor; TO dilodgs tbs enemy from the iland
and . body Of troops to be laudsd fer for
Gig the redoubt en- Rsd-Bink.
Il va, intended ,ha, the Visilant ihosld
psf, through a halow and very esnii asd
chsrnsl betwsen Hog Ilaad, sexs below
For Iaa,d, sad the Pennfylvsnia fhore to
a;siys aad sd aPon tbs rear and leli dsfsn.
to!s Part of the work ani the eireumaaa-
c., cf the aavisa,iea net admitting Of a
rScrc ferrous attack, for the resfoas before
msn,ian:d, divsiisn was propofsd to bs
made at the fame tine by this advanced fri
yates, together with the IFS sad Auguia,
IN tho saasfn Or main ehsnasl Of the river,
rs well for engaging the attention Of tbs
eseny N Fort-inaad and the redosbt, - to
refrain the motions Of the galliss, sad other
aimed craft, which had retired under the
So:ks at Rid B,Rk, whsa they difcovsred
che danger ,hsy would be sxpoisd to in
their former cations near Fort and from
our bate los on the weilsrS ihcre.
Ths wind contisuing from the north ward
ieyeral fuee' Give days, the VigiIant could
n.tp,oceed according 10 her dellirs,ion st
ih' time intended. The Augsas, Roe.
buck, Liverpool and Psarl. were nevsr:he-
lels osdired absvs the frR lie OF ehevsux
d: ~. the AID inaas,, to Be ia resdin,G
ior iuch fsrvics - 'hsy N h-uld be sbl: 70
ycEd:r waea the redoutt Aud be attack.
ed :nd Capt. Reynolds. beiEg the fenior
CfResr, fuccesded to the command Of the
advanced fquadrcn.
Tbs deta:smeht Of the srmy, eon6iing
OF ietliaa hsopi under tn, command Colo
ne Donop, appoia,si 10 attack the redoubt,
crahsd t4s Dslavars eppo6 TO Ph;laael-
Phis the an irRsnt, 10 . diviGoa Of At
beats which Captain Clay.on cosdueed in
The sight by Fort iland, along the W .fsra
1here, fer shrt parpo's.
Tho attack Of the redoubt bsin, oberv-
I'd to take place the evening of the 7zd,
jult ulon the cliffs Of day, Captain Reynolds
imHsdistily nippsd, and advanced with the
1qsdron, ito which tas Merlin had bsen
jsined) az fat a. be was able with The aood,
to feecnd the stisupt Of the troop, which
were een to be very warmly engaged Bat
the change in tbs na,u: al courfs Of the RI
v'r, casied by tbs oSaruetions appssring
to h.vs altered the channel, the AusuRa
and Misl:a unfortunately grounded foms
diff nee below the iscond line Of chevssx
dc 6izs /; and the frsfh nor,herly wind,
which thea prevailed, greatly checking ,hs
Tifag Of the siie, hey could not be got
sRoas on ths ftbEqusnt Aocd.
Ths di,erGon vas sndesvoured to be
continued by IN frisasss, At which the FIRE
from the snemy's salIies wss chiefly pointed
for foas tias. But q the night advanced,
the H-fian dstachnsnt having been rspul.
fed, the firing eesfed.
Ths rebsl' difeovsriug the aste Of the
AusuRs and Merlin il the morains Of the
z3d, renewed the FIRE from the gallies,
works and Aoasiag bsttsriss. But their
msvssb'e force approaching little nearer
thsn . random fh,t. the injury was ineon-
fderable TO the fhip'; and BY shs alsrtnefs
and fpisit Of the officers and feamea (of the
trsnfports - we'll - ilips Of war; attending
in the boats Of the fee, On this oeca6on, fsar
f'e ve1els diua,d agsiat tbs Apquas,
were (ent Vithont effe8.