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9, 1778 British destroy seventy flat-bottomed boats and property on the Kickemuit River, and burn the church and a number of houses at Warren......May 25, 1778 William Ellery, Henry Marchant, and John Collins sign the Articles of Confederation......July 9, 1778 French fleet of eleven sail-of-line ships, under Count d'estaing, appearing off Brenton's Reef, six British war-vessels attempt to leave the harbor. They are pursued, and are run ashore and set on fire by their crews......Aug. 5, 1778 While the French fleet, dispersed by storms, refits at Boston, the British attack the Americans on Butts Hill; the Americans lose 211 men, the British somewhat more......Aug. 29, 1778 Americans under General Sullivan retreat from Rhode Island to Tiverton, Aug. 30, 1778, and the British fleet with the army of Sir Henry Clinton arrives at Newport......Aug. 31, 1778 Maj. Silas Talbot, with the sloop Hawk, captures the Pigot, a British galley which blockaded the eastern passage.....