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present at a broadside 615 Ibs. of shot from long 

 guns to Macdonough's 480, and 498 Ibs. from car- 

 ronades to Macdonough's 714; or, he threw 135 Ibs. 

 of shot more from his long guns, and 216 less from 

 his carronades. This is equivalent to Downie's hav 

 ing seven long i8's and one long 9, and Macdon 

 ough's having one 24-pound and six 32-pound car 

 ronades. A 32-pound carronade is not equal to a 

 long 18; so that even by lames' own showing Dow 

 nie's force was slightly the superior. 



Thus far, I may repeat, I have corrected James 

 solely by the evidence of his own side ; now I shall 

 bring in some American authorities. These do not 

 contradict the British official letters, for they virtu 

 ally agree with them ; but they do go against James' 

 unsupported assertions, and, being made by naval 

 officers of irreproachable reputation, will certainly 

 outweigh them. In the first place, James asserts 

 that on the main deck of the Confiance but 13 guns 

 were presented in broadside, two 32-pound carron 

 ades being thrust through the bridle, and two others 

 through the stern-posts; so he excludes two of her 

 guns from the broadside. Such guns would have 

 been of great use to her at certain stages of the 

 combat, and ought to be included in the force. But 

 besides this, the American officers positively say that 

 she had a broadside of 1 5 guns. Adding these two 

 guns, and making a trifling change in the arrange- 



