On the Lakes 119 



26 men, which were the complements of the Ameri 

 can gunboats of the same sizes. 

 The following, then, is the force of 



DOWNIE'S SQUADRON. 



From what guns 



In all, 1 6 vessels, of about 2,402 tons, with 937 

 men 19 and a total of 92 guns, throwing at a broad 

 side 1,192 Ibs., 660 from long and 532 from short 

 pieces. 



These are widely different from the figures that 

 appear in the pages of most British historians, from 

 Sir Archibald Alison down and up. Thus, in the 

 "History of the British Navy," by C. D. Yonge (al 

 ready quoted), it is said that on Lake Champlain "our 

 (the British) force was manifestly and vastly infe 

 rior, . . . their (the American) broadside outweigh 

 ing ours in more than the proportion of three to 

 two, while the difference in their tonnage and in the 

 number of their crews was still more in their favor." 

 None of these historians, or quasi-historians, have 



19 About ; there were probably more rather than less. 



