At the begining of the war . . .

Post #215,643 by Andrew Grygus 7/19/05 4:11:37 PM Reply	At the begining of the war . . . . . it was presumed American land forces would easily handle the British but the British navy would rule the seas. In actuality American land forces couldn't get their act together and some of the leaders were out-and-out cowards, but the American navy caused a great deal of damage, especially the super frigates, a class of ship the British had never had to deal with before. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #215,677 by ben_tilly 7/19/05 7:54:14 PM Reply	Part of the reason for that... the parts of the USA that were nearest to Canada were also the least sympathetic to starting a war with Britain. Therefore local militia that warhawks were counting on did nothing, and official armed forces got much less support than they might have desired. Geographic issues like this mattered far less at sea. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #215,680 by Andrew Grygus 7/19/05 8:35:03 PM Reply	British captains complained a lot . . . . . about the super frigates because if they lost to one it went on their record as a loss to a frigate which they considered quite unfair (the American frigates were way larger and had two gun decks while British and French frigates had only one). [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]

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