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A British foray up the Rappahannock River, which empties into Chesapeake Bay forty miles north of Hampton, Virginia, during which they captured or destroyed fourteen American ships. Havre de Grace (3 May 1813) A raid conducted by a flotilla of boats under Rear Admiral George Cockburn's command.
A simultaneous attack from land and sea on the blockading frigates at the mouth of St. Leonard's creek allowed the flotilla to move out of the creek and up-river to Benedict, Maryland, though Barney had to scuttle gunboats 137 and 138 in the creek. The British entered the then-abandoned creek and burned the town of St. Leonard, Maryland. [2]
The Royal Navy's loss of 15 warships with 9 severely damaged crucially affected the balance of the American Revolutionary War, especially during Battle of Chesapeake Bay. An outnumbered British Navy losing to the French proved decisive in Washington's Siege of Yorktown, forcing Cornwallis to surrender and effectively securing independence for ...
As part of the British expedition to the Chesapeake Bay in the middle of 1814, a naval force under Commodore James Alexander Gordon was ordered to sail up the Potomac River and attack Fort Washington. The raid was supposed to be a demonstration, to distract American troops from the main British attack on Washington under General Robert Ross.
Chesapeake was moving faster than Shannon, and as she ranged down the side of the British ship, the destruction inflicted by the precise and methodical gunnery of the British crew moved aft with the American's forward gun crews suffering the heaviest losses. However, the American crew were well drilled and, despite their losses, returned fire ...
Jefferson began by addressing the ongoing British violations of U.S. neutrality, particularly the June 22, 1807, attack on the USS Chesapeake by the British frigate HMS Leopard. He condemned the incident, emphasizing that it had outraged the nation and led him to issue a proclamation banning British armed vessels from American waters. [2]
During the War of 1812, British Admiral Sir John Warren followed up his attacks on Craney Island (June 22, 1813) and Hampton (June 25–26, 1813), Virginia, with a raid on the North Carolina coast. To this end, he dispatched seven vessels and 500 troops under Rear-Admiral George Cockburn to the port of Ocracoke with orders to destroy American ...
On 25 June 1814 a British maritime force landed at Chesconessex Creek, Virginia, to attack an American fort. The British forces, several hundred Royal Marines, Colonial Marines and sailors, landed from Royal Navy vessels Albion, Dragon and Endymion. They were commanded by Lieutenant George Urmston of the Albion.