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can not be told, but it may be roughly said to be 41 

 in each large galley, and 26 in each small one. The 

 complement of the Saratoga was 210, of the Eagle 

 130, of the Ticonderoga 100, and of the Preble 30; 

 but the first three had also a few soldiers distributed 

 between them. The following list is probably pretty 

 accurate as to the aggregate ; but there may have 

 been a score or two fewer men on the gunboats, or 

 more on the larger vessels. 



MACDONOUGH'S FORCE. 



Metal, from long 

 Broadside or short guns 

 1 long, 06 

 } short, 318 

 ( long, T 

 I short, 197 



i long. 84 

 i short, 96 

 long, 36 

 ( long, 144 

 I short, 108 

 Four gunboats, (60 104 48 " long, 48 



In all, 14 vessels of 2,244 tons and 882 men, with 

 86 guns, throwing at a broadside 1,194 Ibs. of shot, 

 480 from long, and 714 from short guns. 



The force of the British squadron m guns and 

 ships is known accurately, as most of it was cap 

 tured. The Confiance rated for years in our lists as 

 a frigate of the class of the Constellation, Congress, 

 and Macedonian; she was thus of over 1,200 tons. 

 (Cooper says more, "nearly double the tonnage of 

 the Saratoga") She carried on her maindeck thirty 



