The 1899 caption reads” “Commodore Perry in the Niagara breaking the British line of Battle Lake Erie Sept 10 1813 painting by J O Davidson.” In the first unqualified defeat of a British naval squadron in history, Captain Oliver Hazard Perry leads a fleet of nine American ships to victory over a squadron of six British warships at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of  Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on September 10, 1813, on Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and ca

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The 1899 caption reads” “Commodore Perry in the Niagara breaking the British line of Battle Lake Erie Sept 10 1813 painting by J O Davidson.” In the first unqualified defeat of a British naval squadron in history, Captain Oliver Hazard Perry leads a fleet of nine American ships to victory over a squadron of six British warships at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of  Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on September 10, 1813, on Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of the British Royal Navy. Julian O. Davidson (died 1894) was an American artist and illustrator specializing in maritime and naval subjects.

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