The Virginia Gazette

Extract of a letter from Prospect hill, camp at
Cambridge, November 9, 1775.

I am now to inform you, agreeable to promise,
that about 2 o'clock this afternoon we discovered
a party of the ministerial troops landing from a
number of boats, on Litchmore's point. Our drums
immediately beat to arms, by order of general
Green; and our men, with all possible expedition,
manned the lines. We soon found, by their manoeuvres, that they intended to take some stock off
that was then grazing on the point; on which part
of col. Thompson's regiment was ordered down to
oppose them, who, with the greatest intrepidity,
passed over a causeway to their waists in water,
during which time the Lively man of war, and a
floating battery, continued firing upon them,
which was succeeded by a battery on Charlestown
side and Bunker's hill. Notwithstanding, our
brave fellows advanced so fast upon the regulars, that, after a short fire of musketry, they
thought it prudent to retreat to their boats. Our
men pursued them, and sustained a heavy fire of
grape shot from the ship. On their re-embarking
our cannon began to play upon them from this
hill, and sunk one of their boats. Their number
killed is not known. We had one killed, one
wounded, and one taken prisoner.

There are part of five regiments arrived from
Ireland, and we discovered this evening near 20 sail
of large ships standing for this harbour. I think we
may expect a visit from them shortly.