[137] Nelson, in order to have the British ships easily recognized by one another in the action, had ordered that instead of wearing (in accordance with regulations) the flags of their respective red, white or blue squadrons, all the ships should wear the same flag (the white ensign) as himself.
[138] "Captain Langtin caused his men of the Beauharnois militia to kneel, went through a short prayer with them, and then, rising, said: 'Now that they had fulfilled their duty to their God, they would fulfil that to their King.'"—Lighthall: "The Battle of Chateauguay."
[139] A Union Jack given him by Her Majesty Queen Alexandra.
[140] Caravelle Francaise tirée des "Ouvres Pilote du Havre," MSS. du XVI. Siecle.
[141] Archives Rooms, Massachusetts. Vol. 62, Fol. 449-490. Boston.
[142] New York Colonial Society Manuscripts, New York.
[143] In Emmet Collection, Lennox Library, New York.
[144] In Collection of Chateau de Ramezay, Montreal.
[145] Avery: "History of the United States," Burrows Bros.: Cleveland, Ohio.
[146] Now in the Museum at Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.A.