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The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence

CHAPTER I
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But the element of time remained.

From the day of this writing till that on which he saw the _Inflexible_ leave St.John's, October 4th, was over ten weeks; and it was not until the 9th that Carleton was ready to advance with the squadron.

By that time the American troops at the head of the Lake had increased to eight or ten thousand.
The British land force is reported[6] as thirteen thousand, of which six thousand were in garrison at St.John's and elsewhere.
Arnold's last reinforcements reached him at Valcour on the 6th of October.

On that day, and in the action of the 11th, he had with him all the American vessels on the Lake, except one schooner and one galley.

His force, thus, was two schooners and a sloop, broadside vessels, besides four galleys and eight gondolas, which may be assumed reasonably to have depended on their bow guns; there, at least, was their heaviest fire.


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