A history of the United States . Map of Operations in 1814. coast, and Napo-leons power beingon the wane, thestrength of theUnited Kingdomcould be morefully employedagainst , however,had proffered hergood services asa mediator, andGallatin andJames A. Bayard were sent to St. Petersburg to join JohnQuincy Adams, minister at that court, in securing this pow^erfulinfluence. The British government discouraged the Czarsoffers, but as it hadgreat European inter-ests to settle, it wasnot so much inclinedto fight to a finishwith the UnitedStates as it mightotherwise have been. 309. The C
A history of the United States . Map of Operations in 1814. coast, and Napo-leons power beingon the wane, thestrength of theUnited Kingdomcould be morefully employedagainst , however,had proffered hergood services asa mediator, andGallatin andJames A. Bayard were sent to St. Petersburg to join JohnQuincy Adams, minister at that court, in securing this pow^erfulinfluence. The British government discouraged the Czarsoffers, but as it hadgreat European inter-ests to settle, it wasnot so much inclinedto fight to a finishwith the UnitedStates as it mightotherwise have been. 309. The CanadianCampaign of 1814.— Several incompetentgenerals having beengot out of the wayfor one cause or an-other, the commandon the Canadianfrontier fell to thecapable Brown. Amistake was made. Commodore Thomas Macdonough. § 310] REVERSES AND SUCCESSES. 237 with regard to the scene of operations, but when the fightingbegan near Niagara Falls, Brown gave a good account of him-self. At Chippewa and Lnndys Lane (July 5 and 25), leaderslike Winfield Scott distinguished themselves, and the Ameri-can troops showed themselves the equals of British regulars,and won honor, if no substantial military gains. CommodoreThomas Macdonough^ also repeated Perrys exploit of destroy-ing a British flotilla — this time off Plattsburg on Lake Cham-plain (September 11). The result of all this lighting was little,—each side practically holding its ground,—but the Americansgained prestige. 310. Capture of Washington. — Meanwhile British ships rav-aged the Atlantic coast, and b}^ midsummer a large fleet underAdmirals Cockburn and Cochranewas collected in Chesapeake board was General Ross withseveral thousand troops. Washing-ton, Virginia, and Maryland wereevidently in danger and great
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