Citation - Royal Gazette-Charleston: 1781.12.08

RG-C.781.116
5-8 Dec 1781:23 (1/81)
London, October 6.  Some people talk of the reduction of
Fort St. Philip's with the same ease as that of a common
redoubt.
. . . [15 lines on difficulties of the battle]
If therefore the Dous ever plant their standard on the wall
of St. Philips's, they will not, in all likelihood have
reason to sing Te Deum for the facility of their conquest.