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with ſome of his own ſpies, who, were particularly directed to watch their actions. The accounts brought back were to ſatisfactory, that he made inſtant preparations for a ſurpriſe, which he conducted with ſecrecy and diſpatch.
In a month's time, during which, he obtained ſome knowledge of this important ſituation, he was in perfect readineſs for the intended attack, and on the third of Auguſt, about eleven o'clock, at night, Captain William Bruce, at the head of his britiſh grenadiers, was ordered a to march in front, attended by Lieut. Cameron, engineer, with his apparatus for ſealing; Captain Popham, with two battalions, followed ſoon
after.
