The light infantry marched on the hills that lay the length of the town and the grenadiers took the lower road. On our arrival, Capt. Parsons of the 10th was dispatched with six light infantry companies to take possession of a bridge that lay three quarters of a mile from Concord and I was ordered to showed him the road there and to conduct him to a house where there were some cannon and other stores hid. When we arrived at the bridge, three companies under the command of Capt. Laurie of the 43rd were left to protect it, these three companies were not close together but situated so as to be able to support each other. We then proceeded to Col. Barrett’s, where these stores were. Did not find so much as we expected but what there was we destroyed. In the mean time Capt. Laurie and his party were attacked by the rebels and drove from the bridge, three officers were wounded and one killed, three soldiers were killed and a number wounded. The rebels let Capt. Parsons with his three companies return and never attacked us. Had taken up some of the planks of the bridge but we got over. Had they destroyed it we were all lost. We joined the main body. Lt. Col. Smith, during our absence, had sent Capt. Pole of 10th regiment to destroy some provisions and cannon that were lodged in another part of the town knocked the trunnions off three iron 24 pound cannon and burnt their carriages, destroyed a quantity of flour, barrels of trenchers and spoons of wood for their camp. Upon the different detachment’s joining the main body and after getting some horses and chaises for the wounded, we began the march to return to Boston about twelve o’clock in the day in the same order of march, only our flankers were more numerous and further from the main body./em>

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