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dently have little effect. The only important ser 

 vices he had performed had been in attacking Forts 

 George and York, where he had been rendered "sub 

 ordinate to, and an appendage of, the army." His 

 only chance of accomplishing anything lay in sim 

 ilar acts of co-operation, and he refused to do these. 

 Had he acted as he ought to have done, and assisted 

 Brown to the utmost, he would certainly have ac 

 complished much more than he did, and might have 

 enabled Brown to assault Kingston, when Yeo's fleet 

 would of course have been captured. The insubor 

 dination, petty stickling for his own dignity, and 

 lack of appreciation of the necessity of acting in con 

 cert that he showed, were the very faults which 

 proved most fatal to the success of our various land 

 commanders in the early part of the war. Even had 

 Chauncy's assistance availed nothing, he could not 

 have accomplished less than he did. He remained 

 off Kingston blockading Yeo, being once or twice 

 blown off by gales. He sent Lieutenant Gregory, 

 accompanied by Midshipman Hart and six men, in 

 to reconnoitre on August 25th; the lieutenant ran 

 across two barges containing 30 men, and was cap 

 tured after the midshipman had been killed and the 

 lieutenant and four men wounded. On September 

 2 ist he transported General Izard and 3,000 men 

 from Sackett's Harbor to the Genesee; and then 

 again blockaded Kingston until the two-decker was 



