. Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern. n character, and as faras they were due to engineering skill were directed by MajorLatour, a Frenchman; but the war was already ended when thebattle of New Orleans was fought. During the critical campaignof 1814, the West Point engineers doubled the capacity of thelittle American army for resistance, and introduced a new andscientific character into American life. THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE CONSTITUTION AND THE GUER- RIERE From : copyright 1890, by Charles Scribners Sons AS Brokes squadron swept along the coast it seized whateverit met,
. Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern. n character, and as faras they were due to engineering skill were directed by MajorLatour, a Frenchman; but the war was already ended when thebattle of New Orleans was fought. During the critical campaignof 1814, the West Point engineers doubled the capacity of thelittle American army for resistance, and introduced a new andscientific character into American life. THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE CONSTITUTION AND THE GUER- RIERE From : copyright 1890, by Charles Scribners Sons AS Brokes squadron swept along the coast it seized whateverit met, and on July i6th caught one of President Jeffersonssixteen-gun brigs, the Nautilus. The next day it came ona richer prize. The American navy seemed ready to outstrip thearmy in the race for disaster. The Constitution, the best frigatein the United States service, sailed into the midst of Brokes fiveships. Captain Isaac Hull, in command of the Constitution, hadbeen detained at Annapolis shipping a new crew until July 5th,. HENRY ADAMS 123 the day when Brokes squadron left Hahfax; then the ship gotunder way and stood down Chesapeake Bay on her voyage toNew York. The wind was ahead and very Hght. Not until Julyloth did the ship anchor off Cape Henry lighthouse, and not tillsunrise of July 12th did she stand to the eastward and head winds and a strong current delayed her progress tillJuly 17th, when at two oclock in the afternoon, off Barnegat onthe New Jersey coast, the lookout at the masthead discoveredfour sails to the northward, and two hours later a fifth sail to thenortheast. Hull took them for Rodgerss squadron. The windwas light, and Hull being to windward determined to speak thenearest vessel, the last to come in sight. The afternoon passedwithout bringing the ships together, and at ten oclock in theevening, finding that the nearest ship could not answer the nightsignal, Hull decided to lose no time in escaping. Then followed one of the most exciting and s
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