ied Several canon down into the thicket to the brest works
their.[155]

[Footnote 155: The breastworks in the thicket were
the Roxbury lines of fortifications in advance of
the fort.]

the 10. Being Sunday our men went on fatigue and the enemy fired upon
them and broke three guns that were paraded but hurt no man at night
their was a man deserted from cambridg and went to the enemy.

the 11. We turned out and went to our alarm post and Ensign Parot
shook one of his men for disobying orders this day their was a boat
drove ashore belonging to the regulars and a Seargent and 5 men on
board and they were all taken prisoners at night I went upon the
piquet and was almost frozen to Death.

the 12. Our men went down to Lambs Dam to entrenching not above half a
mile from the enemys brest work but nothing remarkable hapened.

the 13. Colonel Clap officer of the day our men took this day 26
prisoners in mistick[156] river as we heard.

[Footnote 156: Mystic.]

the 14. This morning I went upon fatigue down in the Street[157] and
the enemy fired one shot at us and struck the brest work but did no
Damage captain Pond[158] comanded of the party.

[Footnote 157: The road leading from Roxbury across
the neck into Boston.]

[Footnote 158: Captain Pond was from New Hampshire,
and was an officer in Colonel Stark's regiment.]

the 15. Their was a regular and too men of wars men[159] ran away Last
night and this morning nothing more remarkable their was 3 guns fired
on board the Ship in cambridg Bay.

[Footnote 159: From the vessels known as
men-of-war.]

the 16. Nothing remarkable hapened only the regulars fired several
Shot at our men that were upon fatigue but did no Damage.

the 17. Being Sunday I went upon the fatigue and the enemy fired
several times at our men but did no Damage and they threw several
Bombs.

the 18. I came of the creek guard and the enemy fired several canon at
our men but killed none and onely wounded one or too slitely and Last
night their was several men ran away from a man of war and toward
night the enemy fired several Shots from the Ship in cambridg bay and
our men fired one Shot from Prospect hill at the Ship in the Bay but
did not strike her.

the 19. The enemy began to fire about eight oclock into the s