Page 298. Brave Chauncey. Captain Isaac Chauncey.
Page 302. We mourn, indeed, a hero lost! Captain William Burrows, of the Enterprise, and Captain Blythe, of the Boxer, both fell during the action, and were buried side by side at Portland.
Page 303. And whether like Yeo, boys, they'd taken affright. Sir James Lucas Yeo, who had been defeated by Captain Isaac Chauncey and was afterwards blockaded by him in Kingston Harbor.
Page 304. Thought it best from his well-peppered ship to depart. The Lawrence was so severely shot up early in the action, that Perry transferred his flag to the Niagara. He afterwards returned to the Lawrence to receive the surrender of the surviving British officers.
Page 306. And Tecumseh fell prostrate before him. The honor of having killed Tecumseh was claimed for Colonel Richard Malcolm Johnston, but the claim was never conclusively established.
Page 306. Walbach. John Batiste de Barth, Baron de Walbach, a German veteran who had come to America on a visit in 1798. He enlisted in the American army, won steady promotion, and died in 1857 with the rank of brigadier-general.
Page 309. Four gallant ships. The Ramillies 74, commanded by Sir Thomas Hardy; the Pactolus 38, the Despatch 22, and a bombship.
Page 313. Downie. George Downie, commander of the British fleet. He was killed during the action.
Page 313. Macomb. General Alexander Macomb, in command of the American land force. His army, consisting of about fifteen hundred regulars and some detachments of militia, was greatly outnumbered by the British.
Page 315. To serve me just like Drummond. Sir Gordon Drummond, who lost a large part of his force by the explosion of a mine, while assaulting Fort Erie.