treet but
did no damage except slitely wounding one or too at night I went upon
the piquet and Nothing remarkable hapened also their was a man put
under guard for comeing on to the parade Drunk.

the 20. Nothing remarkable hapened this day the enemy fired one shot
at our fatigue party but did no damage they fired over at Bunkers hill
and threw several Bombs.

the 21. Last night I was on the door guard and this morning the enemy
fired small arms at our men but did no Damage in the afternoon they
fired canon but to no purpose.

the 22. Last night I was upon the door guard this being the Kings
crownation[160] the enemy fired a number of canon and toward night
they put in balls but did no damage.

[Footnote 160: Coronation. George III. and his wife
Charlotte were crowned on the 22d of September,
1761. It was always a holyday next to that of the
king's birthday.]

the 23. I went upon fatigue down in the street and the Enemy began to
fire at us about 9 oclock and fired without intermition for some time
bie the best acounts they fired above one hundred balls and our men
fired 3 canon from our brest work near Lams Damb and one of the balls
went into Boston amongst the housen but through the good hand of
Devine providence in all their firing they did not kill one man nor
wound any except one or too slitely.[161]

[Footnote 161: Frothingham says: "On the 23d, the
British discharged one hundred and eight cannon and
mortars on the works at Roxbury without doing any
damage."]

the 24. Being Sunday we went to meting and heard a fine Sermon from
psalms 14-11 this day our men went on fatigue as usual but the enemy
did not fire upon them.

the 25. I went on fatigue down in the thicket in the forenoon and at
noon I was taken not well and did not go in the afternoon our men
fired three field peices at the enemy but what execution they did we
canot determine nothing more.

the 26. Nothing remarkable hapened this day onely their was 200 men
draughted out to go to the governors Island to take some cattle.

the 27. Our men went to the Island and took 12 head of Cattle and 2
horses and came of without any Molestation[162] at night I went upon
the piquet and it rained very hard and we turnd in to the housen and
La their Colonel Clap[163] was officer of the piquet.