. Lake George and Lake Champlain : a book of to-day . ped of detail, the account of this de-cisive battle is as follows: On Sabbath morning,September 11th, 1814, the American land forcesunder General McComb, and the American fleetunder Commodore Macdonough, were simultane-ously attacked by the British land and waterforces, under General Sir George Provost andCommodore Downie. The engagement resulted LAKE CHAMPLAIN 161 in a complete victory for the Americans, only afew small boats of the enemy effecting a success-ful retreat. The British also lost immense stores,abandoned in their retreat—which
. Lake George and Lake Champlain : a book of to-day . ped of detail, the account of this de-cisive battle is as follows: On Sabbath morning,September 11th, 1814, the American land forcesunder General McComb, and the American fleetunder Commodore Macdonough, were simultane-ously attacked by the British land and waterforces, under General Sir George Provost andCommodore Downie. The engagement resulted LAKE CHAMPLAIN 161 in a complete victory for the Americans, only afew small boats of the enemy effecting a success-ful retreat. The British also lost immense stores,abandoned in their retreat—which served themright for breaking the Sabbath. The Barracks, occupied by several companies ofsoldiers forming a regular U. S. Army post, arenear the lake shore, about a mile south of Platts-l)iugh Plattsburg, on the west shore of Cumberland Bay,is a thriving city of 8,000 inhabitants. It is of con-siderable commercial importance, being on thedirect line between New York and Montreal, 311miles from the former and 74 miles from the latter. Plattsbu r g. ks thorough-i3 ci^smopol-itan, witha D opinionto rffcr (.every ques-tion ol theday, exert-ing no meaninfluencethrough itswide-awa k edaily news-papers andits notableweekly, thePlatts burgRepublican —institutedin i»ii—and notwithstanding its age. one of themost reliable and ably conducted Democratic 1811- 162 LAKE CHAMPLAIN weeklies in the State. The town has numerouschurches, high and graded schools, State NormalSchool The First Settler in this region was CountCharles de Fredenburgh, a captain in the Englisharmy. The wararnt conveying the land to him boredate June 11, 1769. The property reverting to thestate after the Revolution, was granted in 1784, toZephaniah Piatt and others, and incorporated intothe town of Plattsburgh, April 4, 1785. A companywas then organized which, in June of the sameyear, erected a mill a Fredenburgh Falls. The es-timate of expense contained, among other items,the following: For bread, $65; for rum,
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