15. On returning to Boston the command of the _Chesapeake_ was given to Lawrence, and again he put to sea. He was soon challenged by Captain Broke, of the British _Shannon_, to fight him. Eastward from Cape Ann the two vessels met on the 1st day of June. The battle was obstinate, brief, dreadful. In a short time, every officer of the _Chesapeake_ was either killed or wounded. Lawrence was struck with a musket-ball, and fell dying on the deck. As they bore him down the hatchway, he gave his last order--ever afterwards the motto of the American sailor--"DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP!" The _Shannon_ towed her prize into the harbor of Halifax. There the bodies of Lawrence and Ludlow, second in command, were buried by the British. 16. On the 14th of August the American brig _Argus_ was overtaken by the _Pelican_ and obliged to surrender. On the 5th of September the British brig _Boxer_ was captured by the American _Enterprise_ off the coast of Maine. On the 28th of the following March, while the _Essex_, commanded by Captain Porter, was lying in the harbor of Valparaiso, she was attacked by two British vessels, the _Phœbe_ and the _Cherub_. Captain Porter fought his antagonists until nearly all of his men were killed or wounded; then struck his colors and surrendered. [Sidenote: British Marauding.] 17. From honorable warfare the naval officers of England stooped to marauding. Early in the year, Lewiston was bombarded by a British squadron. Other British men-of-war entered the Chesapeake and burned several villages on the shores of the bay. At the town of Hampton the soldiers and marines perpetrated great outrages. Commodore Hardy, to whom the blockade of New England had been assigned, behaved with more humanity. Even the Americans praised him for his honorable conduct. So the year 1813 closed without decisive results. CHAPTER XXXIV. THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1814. [Sidenote: Operations about Niagara.] In the spring of 1814 another invasion of Canada was planned; but there was much delay. Not until the 3d of July did Generals Scott and Ripley, with three thousand men, cross the Niagara and capture Fort Erie. On the following day the Americans advanced in the direction of Chippewa village, but were met by the British, led by General Riall. On the evening of the 5th a severe battle was fought on the plain south of Chippewa Creek. The Americans, led on by Generals Scott and Ripley, won the day. [Illustration: OPERATIONS ABOUT NIAGARA.]