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go up pretty near the Town, and not to fall on till 

 Morning, being in hopes that the banks of the Cricks 

 would fhelter them from the Enemy: but the Tides rifing 

 fo high expofed them all to the Enemy; who had the 

 Trees & Woods to be-friend them. And fo came down 

 in the Night & fired fmartly at our Forces; but Col. 

 Church being in a Pinis 325 that had a fmall Cannon plac'd 

 in the head, ordered it to be charg'd feveral times, with 

 Bullets in fmall bags, and fired at the Enemy, which made 

 luch a rattling amongft the Trees, that caufed the Enemy 

 to draw off; and by the great Providence of Almighty 

 God not one of our Forces was hurt that Night; (but as I 

 have been informed they had one Indian kilPd, and fome 

 others wounded, which was fome difcouragement to the 

 Enemy.) Next Morning by break of Day, Col. Church 

 ordered all his Forces, (and plac'd Maj. Hilton on the 

 right wing,) to run all up driving the Enemy before them, 

 who leaving their Town to our Forces, but had carried 

 away the beft of their Goods (which were foon found by 

 our Souldiers.) The bulk of the Enemy happening to lye 

 againft our right Wing caufed the hotteft difpute there, 

 who lay behind Logs and Trees, till our Forces, and Maj 

 Hilton who led them, came on upon them, and forc'd them 

 to run; and notwithstanding the fharp firing of the Enemy 

 at our Forces, by the repeated Providence of God there 

 was never a Man of ours kill'd or wounded. Our Soul- 

 diers not having been long in Town before they found 



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