THE ST. JAMES'S CHRONICLE OR BRITISH EVENING POST, London, Oct. 30, 1777  

* Second Battle of Machias, Maine
* American Revolutionary War

Many reports on the Revolutionary War, with the front page having several items headed: "America" that includes a report on Sir George Collier and his naval exploits. Also from Edenton, North Carolina noting: "...A number of creditable inhabitants from New Bern & other parts of this colony, who had refused the Test Oath..." with more on their plight.
Page 2 has some war reports including: "...nor was any attack made on Fort Moultrie, near Charlestown [Charleston]...This squadron made an attack at Fort Sullivan which action took place in June, 1776...".
Page 3 has a lengthy: "Proclamation" from Halifax, signed by: George Collier, to the inhabitants of Machias, Maine (then part of Mass.). This concerns the Second Battle of Machias, Aug. 17, 1777, when British marines assaulted the town of Machias, Maine. Machias was a center of American privateering during the Revolutionary War & was an irritation to the British since the beginning of the war when it captured the HMS Margaretta during the First Battle of Machias, the first naval battle of the Revolution.
More war reports on the back page a seen in the photos.
Four pages, folio size, light toning to the top half of the front pages, nice condition.

Background: The Second Battle of Machias, fought on August 13–14, 1777, was an amphibious military engagement during the American Revolutionary War in which a Royal Navy expedition led by British Commodore Sir George Collier attempted to destroy the Patriot stronghold at Machias, Maine. Aiming to neutralize a key base used by American privateers and disrupt Colonel John Allan’s preparations for an invasion of Nova Scotia, British forces entered Machias Bay, captured an American vessel, and burned coastal storehouses before advancing up the Machias River. However, as the British attempt to land marines was thwarted, local militia alongside roughly four dozen allied Wabanaki Confederacy warriors—primarily Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Maliseet—launched a strategic ambush along the dense, forested riverbanks; by maintaining continuous musket fire and using war cries from the tree line to simulate a massive defending force, the combined American and Indigenous fighters successfully forced Collier’s fleet into a retreat downriver, securing Machias for the remainder of the war and demonstrating the vital role of Native American alliances in defending the eastern front of the Revolution.