1813. Sept. 4 - The 12-gun schooner Enterprise, Capt. William Burrows, captured English sloop of war (of the same force) Boxer, Capt. Samuel.Blythe, after an action of 40 minutes, off Monhegan, on the coast of Maine. Both the American and English commanders were killed. Our casualties were 12 killed or wounded; that of the English, 21.
1813. Sept. 10 - Battle of Lake Erie fought. The Ameri can squadron carrying 54 guns, under the command of Oliver Hazard Perry, captured the Englishsquadron of 63 guns under the command of Capt. Robert Heriot Bar clay. Our casualties were 123 killed or wounded; that of the British, 135. The direct result of this battle was the overthrow of British supremacy in the Western territory.
1814. Jan. 29 - The United States schooner Alligator repulsed a boat attack from the British frigate Narcissus with heavy loss to the enemy.
1814. March 28- Capt. Davis Porter in the 32-gun frigate Essex made a heroic defense against the British warships Phszbe and Cherub at Valparaiso, Chile. After a r of 2 hours and 20 minutes the Essex surrendered, our losses being 155 killed or wounded; that of the English. only 15.
1814. April 29 - Our 20-gun sloop of war Peacock, Capt. Lewis Wa, after an action of 45 minutes, captured the English pop of war (of the same force) Epervier, Capt. Richard Wales. American loss, 2 killed or wound ed; English, 23.
1814. June 28 - Capt. Johnston Blakeley, in the 18-gun sloop of war Wasp, captured the English war ship Reindeer off the English coast after an action of 19 minutes, the Americans having 26 killed or wounded as against 67 for the enemy.
1814. Sept. 1- At night the Wasp had a battle with the English sloop of war Avon of less force. The Avon was sunk after an action of 43 minutes in which the Americans had 3 killed or wounded and the enemy 42. • 1814. Sept. 11 - Second battle of Lake Champlain between American squadron under Captain Macdonough and English under Capt. Daniel Prins. The American force carried 86 guns and 850 men, the English 92 guns and 1,000 men. After an action of 2 hours and 20 minutes the English were defeated, our losses being 110 killed or wounded; that of the enemy, 194.
1814, Dec. 14 - Forty-two English launches, containing 42 guns and about 1,000 men, attacked the American flotilla on Lake Borgne, Miss., and after a spirited fight
defeated it, the American casualties being 41 killed or wounded; the English, 94.
1815. Jan. 15 - The 44-gun frigate President, Capt. Stephen Decatur, captured by a British squadron after a chase of two days. The Americans did not surrender until they had 80 killed or wounded and the enemy 25.
1815. Feb. 20- While cruising off the coast of Portugal the 44-gun frigate Constitution, Capt. Charles Stewart, after an extraordinary night battle, captured English war ships Cyane and Levant. having a total of 55 guns as opposed to the 51 in the Constitution. Our casualties were 14 killed or wounded; the English, 77.
1815. March 23 - The 18-gun sloop of war Hornet. Captain Biddle, after a spirited action off Tristan d'Acunha, captured English sloop of war Penguin of the same force in 22 minutes. Americus casualties, 12 killed or wounded; the English, 38.
1815. June 17 - Before the war with Eland had been concluded the United States had declared war on Algiers as the result of outrages on American merchantmen. A squadron under Captain Decatur appeared in the Mediterranean and on 17 June captured the Algerian flagship Mashouda.
1815. June 30 - While in the Straits of Sunda (East Indies) the 18-gun sloop of war Peacock, Captain War rington, captured English cruiser Nasalises of 12 -guns, the enemy having 14 killed or wounded. There were no American c, 1821. From this year to the close of 1825 our naval forces were actively engaged in suppressing piracy in the West Indies and slave trade on the African coast.
1832. Feb. 7 - For making a murderous attack on American merchantmen, the 4-4-gun frigate Potomac landed a large force of men in Sumatra and attacked the town of Battoo, killing a large number of the natives and destroying their forts.
1838. Dec. 20 - Quail°. Battoo again bombarded, for repetition of outrages• this time by the corvet John Adams, Capt. George C. Reid.
1846. July 2 - A force of 250 men from American squadron under Capt. John Drake Sloat, landed at Monterey, Cal., and occupied the place in the name of the United States.