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so the troop transports were sent down the lake by 

 themselves, while the squadron remained to watch 

 Yeo. On Oct. 2(1 he was chased, but escaped by his 

 better sailing; and next day false information in- 

 duced Chauncy to think Yeo had eluded him and 

 passed down the lake, and he accordingly made 

 sail in the direction of his supposed flight. On the 

 5th, at 3 P.M., while near the False Ducks, seven ves- 

 sels were made out ahead, which proved to be Brit- 

 ish gunboats, engaged in transporting troops. All 

 sail was made after them; one was burned, another 

 escaped, and five were captured, the Mary, Drum- 

 mond, Lady Gore, Confiance, and Hamilton, 20 the 

 two latter being the rechristened Julia and Growler. 

 Each gun-vessel had from one to three guns, and 

 they had aboard in all 264 men, including seven 

 naval (three royal and four provincial) and ten mili- 

 tary officers. These prisoners stated that in the ac- 

 tion of the 28th the Wolfe and Royal George had 

 lost very heavily. 



After this Yeo remained in Kingston, blockaded 

 there by Chauncy for most of the time; on Nov. 

 loth he came out and was at once chased back into 

 port by Chauncy, leaving the latter for the rest of the 

 season entirely undisturbed. Accordingly, Chauncy 

 was able to convert his small schooners into trans- 

 ports. On the 1 7th these transports were used to 

 convey 1,100 men of the army of General Harrison 

 from the mouth of the Genesee to Sackett's Harbor, 

 while Chauncy blockaded Yeo in Kingston. The 



Letter of Commodore Chauncy, Oct. 8, 1813. 



