. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. THE FIVE BATTERIES. 474 DEFENSES OF NARRAGANSET BAY, RHODE ISLAND. MAP OF MILITARY OPERATIONS IN 1777-78 IN RHODE ISLAND. ral fortress, Britain, with her army and navy, could menace every At-lantic port, and almost bid defiance to the United Colonies. Accordingly,December 7, 1776, while Washington was in the Jerseys with most of theAmerican army, Sir Peter Parker, with a British fleet of eleven vessels ofwar (seven line-of-battle ships and four frigates), convoying seventy trans-ports having on board six thousand troops, passed unobstr
. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. THE FIVE BATTERIES. 474 DEFENSES OF NARRAGANSET BAY, RHODE ISLAND. MAP OF MILITARY OPERATIONS IN 1777-78 IN RHODE ISLAND. ral fortress, Britain, with her army and navy, could menace every At-lantic port, and almost bid defiance to the United Colonies. Accordingly,December 7, 1776, while Washington was in the Jerseys with most of theAmerican army, Sir Peter Parker, with a British fleet of eleven vessels ofwar (seven line-of-battle ships and four frigates), convoying seventy trans-ports having on board six thousand troops, passed unobstructed throughthe west passage into Narraganset Bay and rounded the north end of Co-nanicut. On the following day the British and Hessian troops, under com-mand of Sir Henry Clinton, disembarked on Rhode Island and marchedinto Newport. Consternation spread on every side ; the islanders fled,with their effects, to the main land ; every defensible point on NarragansetBay was occupied by American troops ; and the entire State of RhodeIsland became a vast camp confronting the enemy. Upon the few remaining inhabitants of Newp
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