about ten in the morning
Daylight was now breaking . I was only too thankful that we had not delayed till then to make our way down the river . Either we should all have been taken prisoners , or few if any of us would have survived the murderous fire to which we should have been exposed . At length we emerged from the river and finally arrived on board the Charon at about ten in the morning with only two people wounded , though the upper works of our boats were riddled like sieves . Thus ended an expedition fraught with so much personal interest to me . We all also gained credit for our exploit . We had completely performed the duty for which we had been sent , having made ourselves thoroughly acquainted with the river , and ascertained that it would be impossible to cut out the vessels which had run up to Suffolk unless a very strong force , if not the whole army , was to proceed up for that purpose .