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duty of transporting troops and stores went on till 

 the 27th, when everything had been accomplished; 

 and a day or two afterward navigation closed. 



As between the Americans and British, the suc- 

 cess of the season was greatly in favor of the for- 

 mer. They had uncontested control over the lake 

 from April igth to June 3d, and from Sept. 28th to 

 Nov. 29th, in all 107 days; while their foes only 

 held it from June 3d to July 2ist, or for 48 days; 

 and from that date to Sept. 28th, for 69 days, the 

 two sides were contending for the mastery. York 

 and Fort George had been taken, while the attack 

 on Sackett's Harbor was repulsed. The Americans 

 lost but two schooners, both of which were recap- 

 tured ; while the British had one 24-gun ship nearly 

 ready for launching destroyed, and one lo-gun 

 brig taken, and the loss inflicted upon each 

 other in transports, gunboats, storehouses, stores, 

 etc., was greatly in favor of the former. Chauncy's 

 fleet, moreover, was able to co-operate with the army 

 for over twice the length of time Yeo's could (107 

 days to 48). 



It is more difficult to decide between the respective 

 merits of the two commanders. We had shown so 

 much more energy than the Anglo-Canadians that 

 at the beginning of the year we had overtaken them 

 in the building race, and the two fleets were about 

 equally formidable. The Madison and Oneida were 

 not quite a match for the Royal George and Sydney 

 Smith (opposing 12 32-pound and 8 24-pound car- 

 ronades to 2 long i8's, i long 12, i 68-pound and 13 



