Naval War of 1812 



The merits of this action can perhaps be better 

 appreciated by comparing it with a similar one that 

 took place a few years before between a British sloop 

 and corvette on the one side, and a French frigate 

 on the other, and which is given in full by both 

 James and Troude. Although these authors differ 

 somewhat in the account of it, both agree that the 



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Frenchman, the Nereide, of 44 guns, on Feb. 14, 

 1810, fought a long and indecisive battle with the 

 Rainbow of 26 and Avon of 18 guns, the British 



the similar statements made by James as regards the Guer- 

 riere, Macedonian, etc. He also states that a British court- 

 martial found various counts against the Americans for 

 harsh treatment, but all of these were specifically denied by 

 the American officers, under oath, as already quoted. 



I have relied chiefly on Captain Stewart's narrative ; but 

 partly (as to time, etc.) on the British account in the "Naval 

 Chronicle." 



