s
regiment landed on Nantasket point, set fire to the
lighthouse, and brought away a thousand bushels of
barley and a quantity of hay.]

the 21-24. Nothing remarkable.

the 25. Our Regement with four more were under arms and marched
towards cambridg to meet general Ward.

the 26. General Heaths regement moved from Dorchester to cambridg and
Jeneral Wards regement moved from cambridg to Dorchester and took
general Heath's Baracks.

the 27. Nothing remarkable this day.

the 28. Dito.

the 29. Nothing bad.

the 30. Being Sunday we had an alarm and went to our Fort[137] the
same day there was a party of men draughted out to go to the Light
house and major tupper was comander of the party.[138]

[Footnote 137: This was a very strong quadrangular
work, on the highest eminence in Roxbury. It had
four bastions, and in every respect was a regular
work. It is now well preserved, the embankments
being from six to fifteen feet in height from
without.]

[Footnote 138: On that day the British, five
hundred strong, marched over the neck, and built a
slight breastwork to cover their guard. The
American camp was in alarm all the day, and that
night the troops lay on their arms. The tories in
Boston were also alarmed, for they dreaded an
invasion of the city by their exasperated
countrymen.]

the 31. This day major tupper and his men returned to Roxbury with
between thirty and forty prisoners some regulars and some torys and
some mariens[139] and had something of a battle and we lost one man
and another wounded and our men Burnt the Light house and took some
plunder[140] thar was an alarm the firing began first at the floating
Battery and then at the Brest Work and then the troops marched out and
set the george tavern[141] on fire our men took one prisoner and the
same night one of the enemy deserted and came to our centrys at
Dorchester point and brought away with him too guns and too cartridg
Boxes and 60 rounds of cartridgs all in good order and their was
several more deserted to cambridg the same night.

[Footnote 139: Marines.]

[Footnote 140: The British commen