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BRITISH SQUADRON.
		Long Guns. _-pounders.								Carronades. _-pounders.
		32	24	18	12	9	6	4	2	32	24	18	12
Detroit,	ship	. .	2	1	6	8	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	1	. .
Queen Charlotte,	ditto	. .	. .	. .	3	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	14	. .	. .
Hunter,	brig	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	2	4	2	. .	. .	. .	2
Lady Prevost,	schooner	. .	. .	. .	. .	3	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	10
Chippeway,	ditto	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
Little Belt,	sloop	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	2	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
		. .	2	1	9	13	4	4	2	. .	15	1	12
The long 18-pounder, one long 12-pounder, three long nines, and two of the carronades, were mounted on traversing carriages. The fort of Amherstburg was stripped of its guns, in order to arm the Detroit.
AMERICAN SQUADRON.
Lawrence,	brig	. .	. .	. .	2	. .	. .	. .	. .	18	. .	. .	. .
Niagara,	ditto	. .	. .	. .	2	. .	. .	. .	. .	18	. .	. .	. .
Caledonia,	ditto	. .	2	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	. .
Ariel,	schooner	. .	. .	. .	4	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
Porcupine,	ditto	1	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
Scorpion,	ditto	1	1	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
Summers,	ditto	. .	1	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	. .	. .
Tigress,	ditto	1	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
Trippe,	ditto	. .	1	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
		3	5	. .	8	. .	. .	. .	. .	38	. .	. .	. .

The guns of the Caledonia, and of all the American schooners, were mounted on pivots; the broadside weight of metal on the part of the enemy was consequently 928 pounds, – on that of the British only 478. The former had at least 580 picked men; the latter not more than 345 persons of every description.

Early in September, 1813, Captain Barclay received a small draught of seamen from the Dover troop-ship, then in the river St. Lawrence; and on the 12th of the same month, he reported to Sir James L. Yeo the disastrous result of a conflict between his squadron and the more formidable force under Captain Perry. The following is a copy of his official statement: