. The naval history of the United States. om-modore Perry on Lake Erie in September, 1813, gave the Americanscomplete command of that lake ; and the frozen season soon coming on,prevented any attempts on the part of the enemy to contest the Americansupremacy. But, indeed, the British showed little ability, throughout thesubsequent course of the war, to snatch from the Americans the fruitsof the victory at Put-in-Bay. They embarked upon no more offensiveexpeditions ; and the only notable naval contest between the two belliger-ents during the remainder of the war occurred Aug. 12, 1814, when apa
. The naval history of the United States. om-modore Perry on Lake Erie in September, 1813, gave the Americanscomplete command of that lake ; and the frozen season soon coming on,prevented any attempts on the part of the enemy to contest the Americansupremacy. But, indeed, the British showed little ability, throughout thesubsequent course of the war, to snatch from the Americans the fruitsof the victory at Put-in-Bay. They embarked upon no more offensiveexpeditions ; and the only notable naval contest between the two belliger-ents during the remainder of the war occurred Aug. 12, 1814, when aparty of seventy-five British seamen and marines attempted to cut outthree American schooners that lay at the foot of the lake near Fort BLUE-JACKETS OF 1812. 449 The British forces were at Queenstown, on the Niagara River; but bydint of carrying their boats twenty miles through the woods, then polindown a narrow and shallow stream, with a second portage of eight milethe adventurers managed to reach Lake Erie. Embarking here, the). ON THE WAY TO LAKE ERIE. pulled down to the schooners. To the hail of the lookout, they responded,Provision boats. And,1 as no British were thought to be on Lake Erie,the response satisfied the officer of the watch. He quickly discoveredhis mistake, however, when he saw his cable cut, and a party of armedmen scrambling over his bulwarks. This first prize, the Somers, wasquickly in the hands of the British, and was soon joined in captivity bythe Ohio, whose people fought bravely but unavailingly against thunexpected foe. While the fighting was going on aboard the vessels,they were drifting down the stream; and, by the time the British victory 45° BLUE-JACKETS OF 1812. was complete, both vessels were beyond the range of Fort Eries guns,and safe from recapture. This successful enterprise certainly deserves aplace as the boldest and best executed cutting-out expedition of the war. Long before this occurrence, Capt. Arthur Singleton, who had suc-c
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