This is taken from George A. Wheeler's History of Castine, Penobscot and Brooksville, Maine, published in 1875.
Account of a Skirmish at Biguyduce, July 28, 1779 by Lieutenant (afterwards Sir John) Moore. (From British Plutarch page 243.)
On the 28th, after a sharp cannonade from the shipping on the wood, to the great surprise of General McLean and the garrison, the Americans effected a landing. I happened to be on piquet that morning, under the command of a Captain of the 74th Regiment, who, after giving them one fire, instead of encouraging his men - who naturally had been a little startled by the cannonade - to do their duty, ordered them to retreat, leaving me and about twenty men to shift for ourselves.
After standing for some time I was obliged to retreat to the Fort, having five or six of my men killed and several wounded. I was lucky to escape untouched.
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