. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . r battles of fleets we must turn from the salt water to the fresh, from theocean to the great lakes. The control of the waters of Lake Erie, Lake Onta-rio, and Lake Champlain was obviously of vast importance, in view of the con-tinued land-fighting in the West and of the attempted invasion of Canada andthe threatened counter-invasions. The British had the great advantage of beingable to reach the lakes by the St. Lawrence, while our lake navies had to be con-structed after the war began. One such little navy had been built at Pre
. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . r battles of fleets we must turn from the salt water to the fresh, from theocean to the great lakes. The control of the waters of Lake Erie, Lake Onta-rio, and Lake Champlain was obviously of vast importance, in view of the con-tinued land-fighting in the West and of the attempted invasion of Canada andthe threatened counter-invasions. The British had the great advantage of beingable to reach the lakes by the St. Lawrence, while our lake navies had to be con-structed after the war began. One such little navy had been built at PresqueIsle, now Erie, on Lake, Erie. It comprised two brigs of twenty guns and sev-eral schooners and gunboats. It must be remembered that everything but thelumber needed for the vessels had to be brought through the forests by landfrom the eastern seaports, and the mere problem of transportation was a seriousone. When finished, the fleet was put in command of Oliver Hazard Perry,Watching his time (and, it is said, taking advantage of the carelessness of the I I.
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