On the night of July 10–11, with 38 men men including Jack Sisson,  and six officers in five whaleboats, Lieutenant-Colonel William Barton Barton crossed Narragansett Bay, passed unobserved by three British frigates, and, landing about half way between Newport and Bristol Ferry, went to the farm house where Prescott had his headquarters. modern day Middtletown RI. The guards were surprised, the door of Prescott's room was broken in, and the general was hurried away half dressed and taken to Warwick Point, and afterward to Providence. Prescott was again exchanged, this time for General Charles Lee.

-For this exploit, the Continental Congress gave Barton a sword and passed a resolution honoring his service.