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right bank, while the two captains rowed up the 

 stream between them, throwing grape into the 

 bushes to disperse the Indians. Major Appling 

 waited until the British were close up, when his 

 riflemen opened with so destructive a volley as to 

 completely demoralize and "stampede" them, and 

 their whole force was captured with hardly any 

 resistance, the Americans having only one man 

 slightly wounded. The British loss was severe, 18 

 killed and 50 dangerously wounded, according to 

 Captain Popham's report, as quoted by James; or 

 "14 killed and 28 wounded," according to Major 

 Appling's letter. It was a very clever and successful 

 ambush. 



On June 6th Yeo raised the blockade of the Har 

 bor, but Chauncy's squadron was not in condition 

 to put out till six weeks later, during which time 

 nothing was done by either fleet, except that two 

 very gallant cutting-out expeditions were success 

 fully attempted by .Lieutenant Francis H. Gregory, 

 U. S. N. On June i6th he left the Harbor, accom 

 panied by Sailing-masters Vaughan and Dixon and 

 22 seamen, in three gigs, to intercept some of the 

 enemy's provision schooners; on the iQth he was 

 discovered by the British gunboat Black Snake, of 

 one 1 8-pound carronade and 18 men, commanded by 

 Captain H. Landon. Lieutenant Gregory dashed 

 at the gunboat and carried it without the loss of a 



