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(4.17) | Keine | On September 10, 1813, the hot, still air that hung over Lake Erie was broken by the sounds of sharp conflict. Led by Oliver Hazard Perry, the American fleet met the British, and though they sustained heavy losses, Perry and his men achieved one of the most stunning victories in the War of 1812. Author Walter Rybka traces the Lake Erie Campaign from the struggle to build the fleet in Erie, Pennsylvania, during the dead of winter and the conflict between rival egos of Perry and his second in command, Jesse Duncan Elliott, through the exceptionally bloody battle that was the first U.S. victory in a fleet action. With the singular perspective of having sailed the reconstructed U.S. brig Niagara for over twenty years, Rybka brings the knowledge of a shipmaster to the story of the Lake Erie Campaign and the culminating Battle of Lake Erie.… (mehr) |
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▾Literaturhinweise Literaturhinweise zu diesem Werk aus externen Quellen. Wikipedia auf EnglischKeine ▾Buchbeschreibungen On September 10, 1813, the hot, still air that hung over Lake Erie was broken by the sounds of sharp conflict. Led by Oliver Hazard Perry, the American fleet met the British, and though they sustained heavy losses, Perry and his men achieved one of the most stunning victories in the War of 1812. Author Walter Rybka traces the Lake Erie Campaign from the struggle to build the fleet in Erie, Pennsylvania, during the dead of winter and the conflict between rival egos of Perry and his second in command, Jesse Duncan Elliott, through the exceptionally bloody battle that was the first U.S. victory in a fleet action. With the singular perspective of having sailed the reconstructed U.S. brig Niagara for over twenty years, Rybka brings the knowledge of a shipmaster to the story of the Lake Erie Campaign and the culminating Battle of Lake Erie. ▾Bibliotheksbeschreibungen Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. ▾Beschreibung von LibraryThing-Mitgliedern
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Once at sea – at lake – the Americans were aggressive, figuring that time was on their side. The British/Canadians sortied in the face of a superior force. Even then, the battle was a near-run thing. There were several controversies. Perry’s second-in-command, Jesse Duncan Elliot, was very late getting into the fight, allowing Perry’s flagship Lawrence to be hammered to pieces. Elliot claimed contrary winds, which is plausible; the winds were very light and it’s possible Elliot had contrary winds at the same time Perry had favorable ones. The second controversy was Perry’s decision to abandon the Lawrence and use a small boat to get to Elliot and the Niagara. The Lawrence struck shortly after Perry left, and British/Canadian maritime authors have sometimes argued that the surrender of the flagship should have meant the surrender of the entire American fleet. Perry wasn’t having any of that and lead the Niagara, assisted by smaller American vessels, in systematically raking each British/Canadian vessel – leading to the famous message “We have met the enemy and they are ours”. With Lake Erie firmly in American hands, the British/Canadian forces on the upper lakes had no supply.
As befits the commander of the replica Niagara, Rybka goes into considerable detail on how the ships maneuvered; this includes getting across the Erie bar with camels, getting underway when at anchor, and how maneuvers in the actual battle went. This was enlightening to me, because most accounts of the battle I’ve read previously didn’t go into such detail. There are extensive illustrations, maps, and ship tracks. Alas, there are no footnotes or bibliography, although sources are mentioned in the text. For more about the war on the Great Lakes, see Warships of the Great Lakes and The American Sailing Navy. ( )