During the second invasion of Worton Creek, a small body of local men reached the creek in time to prevent greater destruction, attacked the advanced barge of four, and forced the entire British party to leave. This was the enemy’s second intrusion on Worton Creek. In April 1813, during a surge of British attacks on the Eastern Shore, a sizable force anchored off Worton Creek and conducted raids there and at nearby Plum Point, Still Pond, and Howell Point. The barges in Worton Creek came from Loire, which a month earlier had engaged the Chesapeake Flotilla in the Patuxent. In raids along the Eastern seaboard and the Chesapeake Bay, the British used barges to maneuver into coastal towns.