Identifier: monthlymilitaryr01smit (find matches)
Title: The Monthly military repository
Year: 1796 (1790s)
Authors: Smith, Charles, 1768-1808
Subjects: Military art and science Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
Publisher: New York : Printed by William A. Davis, for the author
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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-Carolina, marched with theforce he had with him, towards Savannah, and the militiaof Georgia and South-Carolina received orders to rendezvousnear the fame place. Veffels of a proper draught of waterwere dilpatched from Charlcfton, to affift in landing theirench troops. The Britifh, on their fide, took meafures for increafing thefortifications at Savannah, and putting the town in a properpofture of defence. The garrilon at Sunbury was with-drawn, and orders were difpaiched to Beaufort to the corn-,manders of the Bruilh troops and armed veffels, to repair iuall hafte to Savannah. On the ninth of Oaober the French fleet came to an an-chor off the bar ; and as the line of battle fnips could not pafsIt, nor come near the fhoie, the fmall coafting veffels lentfrom Charlefton were employed in receiving the troop&irom the Freiith llii^^s, auu lauding them at Beaulieu, ia u.., uu. wee .ncr oati.nes rcaay .o open un<u tn= rour.hef Oaober.- The batteries of the bef.esers havng ou -hat Oo
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from the French lhii>s, aiiti Iduding them at Beaulieu, Ta MILITARY REPOSITORY. 28^ O^abaw Sound, an inlet of the fea fome miles fouth of themouth of the river Savannah. On the following day fourFrench frigates entered the anchorage ground at Tybee, andthe Britifh naval force moved up the river to Savannah. Theeuns were landed from the Britifh (hips, and mounted on thebatteries. They incorporated the marines with the grena-diers of the 60th regiment, and put the feamen on fhore toalTift: in working the artillery. They funk the Rofe, and Sa-vannah armed fliip, with four tranfports, acrofs the channelbelow the town, to prevent the French frigates from com-ing higher ; and above it they laid a boom acrofs to preventfire rafts from being fent down. The Germaine armed brigalone retained her guns ; and fhe was ftationed off Yamiraw,above the town, to flank the nght of the Britifh lines. Thefedifpofuions the Britifli made on the river, whilft on fhore,aflifted by fome hundreds of negroes,

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