 Colonel John White was assigned to "Lee", Captain George Melvin to "Washington", and Lieutenant Barnard Patty to "Bulloch".Elbert ordered Rae to take 100 of his men and march them to the fort, where British prisoners were taken.Some of the men in the scouting party which had been landed escaped by boat, taking word to "Galatea" to alert Captain Thomas Jordan to the imminent American attack.