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On both sides the ships had been cut up in the 

 most extraordinary manner; the Saratoga had 55 

 shot-holes in her hull, and the Confiance 105 in 

 hers, and the Eagle and Linnet had suffered in pro 

 portion. The number of killed and wounded can 

 not be exactly stated ; it was probably about 200 on 

 the American side, and over 300 on the British. 24 



94 Macdonough returned his loss as follows: 



Killed Wounded 



Saratoga 28 29 



Eagle 13 20 



Ticonderoga 6 6 



Preble 2 



Boxer 3 i 



Centipede ... i 



Wilmer ... i 



A total of 52 killed and 58 wounded; but the latter had 

 apparently only included those who had to go to the hospital. 

 Probably about 90 additional were more or less slightly 

 wounded. Captain Pring, in his letter of September 12, 

 says the Confiance had 41 killed and 40 wounded ; the Lin 

 net, 10 killed and 14 wounded ; the Chubb, 6 killed and 16 

 wounded; the Finch, 2 wounded: in all, 57 killed and 72 

 wounded. But he adds ' 'that no opportunity has offered to 

 muster . . . this is the whole as yet ascertained to be killed 

 or wounded." The Americans took out 180 dead and 

 wounded from the Confiance, 50 from the Linnet, and 40 

 from the Chubb and Finch; in all, 270. James ("Naval Oc 

 currences," p. 412) says the Confiance had 83 wounded. As 

 Captain Pring wrote his letter in Plattsburg Bay the day 

 after the action, he of course could not give the loss aboard 

 the British gunboats; so James at once assumed that they 

 suffered none. As well as could be found out, they had be 

 tween 50 and too killed and wounded. The total British loss 

 was between 300 and 400, as nearly as can be ascertained. 

 For this action, as already shown, James is of no use what 

 ever. Compare his statements, for example, with those of 



