Most of the militia did not arrive in time to render assistance however, by the end of the day, some 3,000 local militia had assembled but they did not engage. Īlarm guns were fired and expresses were sent to call in the neighboring militias. Below the cannon a protective mound had been constructed about 6 feet (1.8 m) high. Back at the point, Oneida was moored with one broadside of nine guns to the enemy, while the others were taken out and hastily placed on a breastwork along the shoreline, near where a 32-pounder cannon, intended for Oneida, but found too heavy, had been mounted on a pivot. The British continued on and dropped anchor. The first shots were fired by the British at the brig Oneida, which attempted to escape the incoming British vessels but failed and returned to Navy Point. The Attack on Sacketts Harbour, 19th July 1812, by Irwin John Bevan They said that if a shot was fired at them, the British would burn the village of Sacket's Harbor. The British captured a merchant ship carrying flour nearby and sent its crew shore with the demands that the US surrender USS Oneida and Lord Nelson, a merchant ship that US forces had captured before war was declared. The British vessels, which belonged to the Provincial Marine, were Royal George (24 guns), Prince Regent (22 guns), Earl of Moira (20 guns), Governor Simcoe (10 guns), and Seneca (2 guns). On July 19, 1812, Captain Melancthon Taylor Woolsey, of USS Oneida, discovered from the masthead of his brig five enemy vessels sailing up to Sacket's Harbor. Capture of East India Company ship Nautilus.
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