Chapter VII

1814 ON THE OCEAN

Strictness of the blockade--Cruise of Rodgers--Cruise of the _Constitution_--Chased into Marblehead--Attempt to cut-out the _Alligator_--The _Essex_ captured after engagement with _Phoebe_ and _Cherub_--The _Frolic_ captured--The _Peacock_ captures the _Epervier_--Commodore Barney's flotilla afloat--The British in the Chesapeake--Capture of Washington, and burning of the public buildings--The _Wasp_ captures the _Reindeer_--The _Wasp_ sinks the _Avon_--Cruise and loss of the _Adams_--The privateer _General Armstrong_--The privateer _Prince de Neufchatel_--Loss of the gun-boats on Lake Borgne--Fighting near New Orleans--Summary