* * * * * +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original | | document have been preserved. | | | | Subscripts are respresented with _{} e.g.: Q_{2}. | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ * * * * * SEA POWER IN ITS RELATIONS TO THE WAR OF 1812 BY CAPTAIN A.T. MAHAN, D.C.L., LL.D. _United States Navy_ AUTHOR OF "THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER UPON HISTORY, 1660-1783," "THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER UPON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND EMPIRE," "THE INTEREST OF AMERICA IN SEA POWER," ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II LONDON SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY LIMITED [Illustration: _From a Copley Print copyright 1899 by Curtis & Cameron, Publishers, Boston._ _The Constitution_] CONTENTS CHAPTER IX THE WINTER OF 1812-1813--BAINBRIDGE'S SQUADRON: ACTIONS BETWEEN "CONSTITUTION" AND "JAVA," "HORNET" AND "PEACOCK"--INCREASING PRESSURE ON ATLANTIC COAST Page Bainbridge's squadron sails 1 His plans for the cruise 2 The "Essex" fails to join 3 Proceedings of "Constitution" and "Hornet" 3 Action between "Constitution" and "Java" 4 The "Constitution" returns to the United States 7 Proceedings of the "Hornet" 7 Action between the "Hornet" and "Peacock" 8 The "Hornet" returns 9 The Chesapeake and Delaware blockaded 9 Subsequent extension of blockade to the whole coast south of Newport 10 Three periods into which the War of 1812 divides 10 Difficulty of American frigates in getting to sea 11 Difficulty of manning the navy 12 Cruise of the "Chesapeake" 13 Gradual suppression of American commerce 14 Increasing stringency of the commercial blockade 15 British occupation of Delaware and Chesapeake Bays 16