That on Thursday night the enemy opened Trenches within Pistol shot of the Fort, & on Friday the 13 th between one & two in the afternoon, the whole Garrison consisting of 300

men of Pepperells commanded by Capt n

Barford of that Regiment haveing first spiked their Cannon consisting of two Six Pounders and six

--abandoned

their Fort & embarked aboard

Whale Boats and got into the old Fort any loss, that during the time they remained in Fort Ontario, they had Oswego, ls only 3 men killed & Ensign Ting of Major Gen Pepperells Regiment, wounded,. that they neither

four Pounders

without suffering

wanted ammunition or Provisions, & that the enemy never fired any cannon at this Fort

That soon

after they arrived in the old Fort Oswego, Lieut Coll Mercer marched PepperelTs Regiment with 100

of Shirley's to reinforce Coll Schuyler who with his men were posted at a small unfinished redoubt

upon a rising Ground about 600 yards

to the Westward of old Fort Oswegoe, this Post

had been

deserted for some months past, and made use of only in keeping Cattle, this detachment was employed that afternoon in cutting down the Bushes near that Fort and making fascines, That on Saturday morning early the 14 th the French opened a Fascine Battery of 5 Pieces of Cannon before the Gate

of Fort Ontario, & played upon the old Fort Oswego, across the mouth of the Harbor, that the Garrison on their side continued to fire above 4 hours with 12 Guns and 4 Mortars whereof one of the latter burst, that