Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-10-10
TERMS ron ADvRRTIatHaS
Naval Combat on Lake Cham
p;ain.

plain.
IProm advanced sheets OF ths (IX) Of Baa
eroft's History Of the Unitsd staiss.
Till October, Arnold roamed the lake with.
out check on the fourth of that month,
Carleton began his cautious sdvance !; on tho
tenth, all his feet were in motion. Arnold.
Whose judgment did not equal his courage,
moOTed his squadron in the bay between Val-
eour Island and the main. This choice of .
eta,iop met with the warm approval OF Gen.
Gates but one more absurd or more danger
GUS could not have been made, for IL lefr the
great channei of the lake undisputed TO his
enemies, who. on the N morning OF the eleventh,
with q wind from the northwest, passed be
tween Gre st and Vslcour islands and came
in,o his ear. They had much more than
twice his weight OF metal, twice as may
iyhiing vessels, and skilled seamen aud Off
cers against Ian jsmen. He awoke too lats TO
the hopslessuess of has position; but hs su-
dacity did net tail him, forming hos at
anchor trom Valoour % tne IN AN, nc advanced
IN The schooner I" Royal Savage supported
by his w-salieys. Tho wi,d f4voce1 bin,
~hiie il kept off she " "a 4 Die, which wss
already to tns south ot b'm; but the Carrie
ton able 60 gst into action. ant WAS sus-
tanned by the ar Iiicrt boats. OF these. ons
was sunK. though rs nen we're save1 , Dot
.be seam In>htp All sunnery RiiHej the
ldvantals; the RA.ieya were driven back -
Cue :. Royal Savage" csIppioi IA ls pissis
std rigkinS, feii - ihe lee<asi. a,n ~as
srsndud ou V ,ioour island ~hebc- Arnod.
~I.n The crew, nsae his way ID the C,-
gress.
M.An.ims the " C.riston." accompanied
by ins .rs.iirry -ooit-, tai the Car nx y ''eAs
ap .gAIos the bT~z, s'ii H c-ns ~l;.ia
mls2e. snOt uf tho A:nsricAu hue, ~non ie
..penei f.: from oJsh sides Inc CJuxr -,
.,n ~hiou Afnu,d ~4s uDise1 ~ &C. IS kus-
sr, WAS nurt la her IN mai..-nSst aud RS
~as huiied ,weive nme- and hit s.s-u fsm .
.. w-eu wind ami .ur, the Soud-ia {" n
Yrk iost ali h1r 1T ar ex,ops her SAP
AIN ; in tne Nv ashin<t n" she frsr lieu
tenant was killed, sne ca, AIN anu mserer
aouaded, the ,naIa-D 1st mos Though .. s
became ueeirss. A soatoia was sunk OF
the Brush artIll ft- -, one, Ur perhAps
rwo. went dowu. Tne "U.rletOn," ~hion,
OWN. 10 she wind. Could Receive no suocor,
..Rsrei severely; D.cres, its captain, fell
sss svlsss from y b"w; Brown, . lieutenant
of marines, loss arm but PaileW, lad
OF nineteen, who sucsseIed TO tbe comm md,
carried on she f;ht. 20 prevent Arnold Q
escape. Just before dark, when slxsy or
more of she Amsricsns and forty or moro of
the British ad been killed or wounded, she
srtiilefy- boats, ON the signal of recall, s0Wed
the Carleton - out OF the reach OF shot.
At eishs 10 the evening, the British a.et
anchored, having their left wing near she
main land, the right near Valeoor island,
with several armed ooats still fus Ther to she
right. TO guard she passage between VAlcour
and Great islands; and they we're conhdens
that At the dawn OF the next day all the
"rebel =" vessels muss be captured or de-
ssroyed.
Arnold and his highest oehcers. W sterbury
and Wikglssworth, saw NO hops but in run
ming the blockade. Ii Was the night OF the
uew moon, and the air was hssy An hour or
two before midnight they had the dAuntle0
hardihood to hoist anchor silently in the
,hick darkness; Wiggles~orth, in the" Trum
bull, )" led the retreat. the gondoias and small
vessels followed then came Waterbury In
the &" W Washington, and, last of oil, Aroold
in the - Congress - and, having . fair wind,
they stole unobserved through the British
aeet, close TO its left wing.
When day revealed their wonderful escape
| Carleton uid not restrain his anger. Ad-
vancipg slowly against a southerly breeze, in
| the morning OF the thirteenth be came IN
sight of the fugtives near the Island of Four
| Winds as half-past twelve he was near
enough TO begin canncnsde. Waterbury
wished to run hH ship ashore: bu. Arnold
hoped still for q chance TO give battle. As
haif-past oae the wind came suddenly out
of the north, striking the British sails 6fst !;
the q" W ashng ton I" was overtaken nesr
Split Rock, and compelled to strike; the
Congress- with four gondolas. keeping up
q running fight of five hours, suffered great
loss, and was chased into small creek in
Psnron on the east sIde OF the lake. To esve
them from bis pursuers, Arnold ses them on
fire, with their coiors flying The lasr 20 go
on shore. he formed their crews, and, In sight
of the English ships. msrchsd of IN perisct
order HIS fame for courage rose higher than
before, but the e1psoss of hss;. v lch
be had recklsssly sacrificed without public
benefit.