The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . the intention that his force should capture Queenston, joinGeneral Hull, and proceed to Montreal. The first attempt tocross the river to reach Queenston failed, and in subsequentattacks the American troops proved themselves too cowardlyto fight. Van Rensselaer was badly wounded, and threw up hiscommand in disgust. First Naval Operations. - The humiliating failures on land wereottset, in a measure, by most creditable fighting at sea. Just afterthe declaration of war, on August 13, 1812, the British sloopAlert was overhauled b
The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . the intention that his force should capture Queenston, joinGeneral Hull, and proceed to Montreal. The first attempt tocross the river to reach Queenston failed, and in subsequentattacks the American troops proved themselves too cowardlyto fight. Van Rensselaer was badly wounded, and threw up hiscommand in disgust. First Naval Operations. - The humiliating failures on land wereottset, in a measure, by most creditable fighting at sea. Just afterthe declaration of war, on August 13, 1812, the British sloopAlert was overhauled by the frigate Essex, in command of Captain 222 THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN NATION Porter, and surrendered after an engagement of only eightminutes. Six days later, the American frigate Constitution,—subsequently nicknamed Old Ironsides, — commanded by CaptainIsaac Hull, encountered the British frigate Gtierri^re in the Gulfof St. Lawrence. The Constitution made her opponent a com-plete wreck in about half an hour. Very little damage was doneto the Co) From the painting; by AVliite. The Constitution destroying the Guerriere. On October 15 the British sloop Frolic was defeated by theAmerican sloop Wasp, off the North Carolina coast. On the25th of October the frigate United States, commanded by CaptainDecatur, engaged the British frigate Macedonia, in the vicinity ofthe island of INIadeira. After a fight of a little more than an hourthe Macedonia surrendered. To tinish the year 1812, the Consti-tution, commanded by Captain Bainbridge, while off the Braziliancoast, met the British frigate Java. During a fight of two hoursthe Java, lost two hundred and thirty men, and was shot to pieces. These gallant naval exploits, and also the capture of hundreds TERRITORIAL EXPANSION 22B of English merchantmen by American privateers, caused un-bounded enthusiasm in the United States. Madison Reelected. 1812.—The election of 1812 took the formof an expression of approval of the w
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