117, 121, 127, 136-137, 138
Baltimore, British fleet at, 187;
attack on, 197-99, 219
Bangor (Me.), British land at, 187
Barclay, Captain R. H., British officer, 52, 53, 54, 56, 60, 61
Barney, Commodore Joshua, 92, 189, 193, 194;
account of battle of Bladensburg, 195
Barrancas, Fort, 208
Barron, Commodore James, 91
Belfast (Me.), British at, 187
_Belvidera_ (British frigate), 96;
fight with _President_, 94-95
Benton, T. H., and Jackson, 202
_Betsy_ (brig), 104
Biddle, Lieutenant James, on the _Wasp_, 111-12
Biddle, Captain Nicholas, 92
Black Rock, navy yard at, 39, 48;
Elliott at, 49;
invasion of Canada from, 70;
Indians against, 88
Bladensburg, battle, 191-96
Blakely, Captain Johnston, 137, 144, 145, 146, 147
Blockade, 124-25, 148, 185
Blyth, Captain Samuel, 140
Boerstler, Colonel, 76
_Bonne Citoyenne_ (British sloop-of-war), 126
Bowyer, Fort, 206, 207
_Boxer_, duel with _Enterprise_, 189-40
Boyd, General J. P., 74, 76, 83
Brewster (Mass.), war levy, 188
Brock, Major General Isaac, British commander, 12-13, 14;
against Hull, 15, 17;
Hull surrenders Detroit to, 18-19;
on Elliott's victory, 40;
on Niagara River, 65;
killed, 66
Broke, Captain P. V., of the _Shannon_, 96, 128-29, 130, 134, 138-39
Brown, General Jacob, at Sackett's Harbor, 77, 78, 79;
at Chrystler's Farm, 82-83;
Niagara campaign, 167, 168, 169, 170;
at Lundy's Lane, 171-72, 191
Budd, George, second lieutenant on _Chesapeake_, 134
Buffalo, Elliott at, 38;
difficulty of taking supplies to, 47;
American regulars sent to, 65;
base of operations, 70, 72;
Indians against, 88
Burrows, Captain William, of the _Enterprise_, 139

Cabinet advises General Winder, 192

_Caledonia_ (British brig), 38-39;
Elliott captures, 39;
in American squadron, 49-50, 56
Canada, "On to Canada!" slogan of frontiersmen, 4;
vulnerable point in War of 1812, 9, 10;
population and extent, 10;
plans for invasion of, 13-14;
Hull abandons invasion of, 16;
Niagara campaign, 64 _et seq._, 167-77
Canning, George, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 92
Carden, Captain J. S., of the _Macedonian_, 114, 115, 116
Cass, Colonel Lewis, 18
Castine, British land at, 187
Champlain, Lake, Dearborn on, 71;
Hampton in command, 80, 81;
Macdonough's victory, 166 _et seq._
Chandler, General John, 74, 75
Chateauguay River, Hampton on, 84, 85
Chauncey, Captain Isaac, leads sailors from New York to Buffalo, 39;
in co