1813 War of 1812 newspaper Naval Battle on Lake Ontario in CANADA w Long report

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Please visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: /Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkm SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL War of 1812 NEWSPAPER, the Portsmouth Oracle (New Hampshire) dated Sept 4, 1813. This 4-page newspaper has an inside page headline and long report on the Naval operations taking place on LAKE ONTARIO (CANADA) during the War of 1812. The HMS Wolfe figured prominently in this engagement between US and British ships on Lake Ontario. HMS Wolfe (later HMS Montreal , originally HMS Sir George Prevost ) was a 20-gun freshwater sloop of war , launched at the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard at Kingston , in Upper Canada , on 5 May 1813. She served with a crew of 220 in the British naval squadron on Engagements on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812 . After the outbreak of the war, the British Governor General of Canada, Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost ordered the construction of warships to match American ships being built at Sackett's Harbor, New York . One of the new ships laid down at Kingston was first named HMS Sir George Prevost ; when launched, she was renamed HMS Wolfe . The ship measured 637 tons, and was officially rated as having 24 guns, although rating systems of the time were notoriously loose, frequently omitting carronades . Wolfe was completed with one long 24-pounder and eight long 18-pounder guns, and four 68-pounder carronades and ten 32-pounder carronades. She had a crew of 220. Wolfe was the flagship of the British naval commander on the Great Lakes, Commodore James Lucas Yeo . She took part in the Battle of Sackett's Harbor . After several indecisive clashes with the American squadron under Commodore Isaac Chauncey , she was badly damaged by the American ship USS General Pike on 28 August, being partly dismasted. She escaped into Burlington Bay at the western end of Lake Ontario. The Americans did not pursue, and Yeo was able to return to Kingston and make repairs. During the winter of 1813-1814, Wolfe was renamed HMS Montreal and rearmed, with her original medley of guns being replaced by seven long 24-pounder and eighteen long 18-pounder guns. As the British had also completed two frigates during the winter, Montreal ceased to be the British flagship. She took part in the Raid on Fort Oswego , but there was no actual fighting between the rival squadrons during 1814. After the end of the war, Montreal was recommissioned as a transport, armed with only six cannon. She was laid up in 1817. By 1832, when the dockyard at Kingston was closed and the ships sold off, she had long since been hulked. A sister ship, HMS Isaac Brock , had been set on fire on the slipway by the British at the Battle of York , to prevent her being captured by the Americans. Very good condition. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. U.S. buyers pay $8 priority mail postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect your purchase from damage in the mail. International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package. We accept payment by PAYPAL as well as by CREDIT CARD (Visa and Master Card) through secure on-line PROPAY. We list hundreds of rare newspapers with dates from 1570 through 2004 on Ebay each week and we ship packages twice a week. This is truly SIX CENTURIES OF HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN! Please check out our constantly updated offerings by doing a seller search by /ws/e... read more

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