nine o'clock
Considerable breaches were made in our strongest batteries and redoubts ; indeed , it was too evident that they were no longer tenable . Early this morning the enemy sunk another fire-ship and two transports ; at seven in the evening they attempted to storm the flanking redoubts to the right , but were repulsed with considerable loss . We were all kept on the _ qui vive _ , for it was evident that they had not done with us yet . This was proved at nine o'clock , when we were warned that they were advancing against us with a force believed to be not less than 17,000 men . From right to left they came on , with drums beating and loud huzzas , and attempted to storm our works . We opened on them with all our guns from one end of our works to the other . They replied with their musketry , and it may well be supposed how terrific appeared that blaze of fire extending throughout the whole length of that wide-stretching line .