Just before day the
enemy made a sortie, spiked the guns in two batteries and retired. Our troops
in the parallel scarcely knew of their approach until they were off; the thing
was done silently and in an instant. The batteries stood in advance of the
lines, and none within but artillery. This day, the 16th, our division manned
the lines—firing continued without intermission. Pretty strong detachments
posted in each battery over night.
SOURCE: J. B.
Lippincott & Co., Publisher, The Record of the Court at Upland, in
Pennsylvania. 1676 to 1681. And a Military Journal Kept by Major E. Denny, 1781
to 1795, p. 247
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