. The Chronicles of America series . PEACE WITH HONOR 189 loaded into transports at Bermuda and escorted bya fleet to Chesapeake Bay. The raids againstsmall coastwise ports, though lucrative, had nomilitary value beyond shaking the morale of thepopulation. The objective of this larger operationwas undecided. Either Baltimore or Washingtonwas tempting. But first the British had to disposeof the annoying gunboat flotilla of CommodoreJoshua Barney, who had made his name mightilyrespected as a seaman of the Revolution and whohad never been known to shake in his shoes at sightof a dozen British ens
. The Chronicles of America series . PEACE WITH HONOR 189 loaded into transports at Bermuda and escorted bya fleet to Chesapeake Bay. The raids againstsmall coastwise ports, though lucrative, had nomilitary value beyond shaking the morale of thepopulation. The objective of this larger operationwas undecided. Either Baltimore or Washingtonwas tempting. But first the British had to disposeof the annoying gunboat flotilla of CommodoreJoshua Barney, who had made his name mightilyrespected as a seaman of the Revolution and whohad never been known to shake in his shoes at sightof a dozen British ensigns. He had found shelterfor his armed scows, for they were no more thanthis, in the Patuxent River, but as he could nothope to defend them against a combined attack byBritish ships and troops he wisely blew them up. This turn of affairs left a fine British army alllanded and with nothing else to do than promenadethrough a pleasant region with nobody to generals and admirals discussed the matterand decided to saunter
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