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Great Britain's right of search and impressment 

 and gave the navy, and thereby the country, a world 

 wide reputation. I doubt if ever before a nation 

 gained so much honor by a few single-ship duels. 

 For there can be no question which side came out of 

 the war with the greatest credit. The damage in 

 flicted by each on the other was not very unequal 

 in amount, but the balance was certainly in favor of 

 the United States, as can be seen by the following 

 tables, for the detail's of which reference can be 

 made to the various years : 



AMERICAN LOSS. BRITISH LOSS. 



Caused. Tonnage. Guns. Tonnage. Guns. 



By Ocean Cruisers 5,984 278 8,451 351 



On the Lakes 727 37 4>'59 2'2 



By the Army 3,007 1 16 500 22 



By Privateers 402 20 



Total, 9,718 431 13^12 6$ 



In addition we lost 4 revenue-cutters, mounting 

 24 guns, and, in the aggregate, of 387 tons, and 

 also 25 gunboats, with 71 guns, and, in the aggre 

 gate, of nearly 2,000 tons. This would swell our 

 loss to 12,105 tons, and 526 guns; 87 but the loss 



86 The tonnage can only be given approximately, as that 

 of the vessels on Lake Champlain is not exactly known, al 

 though we know about what the two fleets tonned relatively 

 to one another. 



87 This differs greatly from the figures given by James in 

 his "Naval Occurrences" (App. ccxv). He makes the Ameri 

 can loss 14,844 tons and 660 guns. His list includes, for ex- 



