The troops took up the line of march at 9 o'clock this morning, and encamped at Surry Court House—12 miles.
This morning an express arrived in our camp, informing us that the French fleet was close by us, being 28 ships of the line, and 4 frigates all very large vessels, viz: One of 110 guns, three of eighty, ten of seventy-five, and all the rest sixty-fours—12 miles,
SOURCE: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Publisher, Journal of Lieut. William Feltman, of the First Pennsylvania Regiment, 1781-82, p. 11
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