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afforded excellent opportunities for retreat; but it 

 was not much of a recommendation of it as a struc 

 ture intended for defence. 



The British destroyed the four guns in the bat 

 tery, and raised the Growler and carried her off, 

 with her valuable cargo of seven long guns. They 

 also carried off a small quantity of ordnance stores 

 and some flour, and burned the barracks ; otherwise 

 but little damage was done, and the Americans re- 

 occupied the place at once. It certainly showed 

 great lack of energy on Commodore Yeo's part that 

 he did not strike a really important blow by sending 

 an expedition up to destroy the quantity of stores 

 and ordnance collected at the Falls. But the attack 

 itself was admirably managed. The ships were 

 well placed, and kept up so heavy a fire on the 

 fort as to effectually cover the debarkation of the 

 troops, which was very cleverly accomplished; and 

 the soldiers and seamen behaved with great gal 

 lantry and steadiness, their officers leading them, 

 sword in hand, up a long, steep hill, under a de 

 structive fire. It was similar to Chauncy's attacks 

 on York and Fort George, except that in this case 

 the assailants suffered a much severer loss com 

 pared to that inflicted on the assailed. Colonel 

 Mitchell managed the defence with skill, doing all 

 he could with his insufficient materials. 



After returning to Kingston, Yeo sailed with his 



