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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Extract from a letter dated Feb. 15 from Cambridge reports that yesterday morning, around 4 a.m., the enemy landed 1,000 men and two field pieces on Dorchester Point, burning most houses except three saved by locals. A captain and 50 men defended until reinforced by Col. Read's 100 men; enemy retreated by boat to the castle, taking two prisoners.
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Yesterday morning about four o'clock, the enemy landed 1000 men, with two field pieces, on Dorchester point, and burnt all the houses on that point, except three, which were saved by our people. A Captain and 50 men, who were on the point, retired to a height, between two causeways, which adjoins to Roxbury, and there defended themselves until they were reinforced by Col. Read, with 100 men. The enemy, after setting the houses on fire retreated to the castle in boats. We lost two men, taken prisoners.
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Dorchester Point
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Yesterday Morning About Four O'clock (Feb. 14, Per Letter Dated Feb. 15)
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we lost two men, taken prisoners; all houses on dorchester point burnt except three
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The enemy landed 1000 men, with two field pieces, on Dorchester point, and burnt all the houses on that point, except three, which were saved by our people. A Captain and 50 men, who were on the point, retired to a height, between two causeways, which adjoins to Roxbury, and there defended themselves until they were reinforced by Col. Read, with 100 men. The enemy, after setting the houses on fire retreated to the castle in boats.