Description: Explanation of diagram. A, American fleet under Arnold; B, 21 gun-boats; C, schooner Carleton, 12 six pounders; D, ship Inflexible, 18 twelve pounders; E, anchorage of the British fleet during the night, to cut off the Americans' retreat; F, radeau Thunderer, 6 twenty-four pounders and 12 six pounders; G, gondola Loyal Convert, 7 nine pounders; H schooner Maria, 14 six pounders, with General Carleton on board; I, the place where the American schooner Royal Savage, of 8 six pounders and 4 four pounders was burned. — Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution Vol. 1, 1851
Source: Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution Vol. I (New York, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1851) 163
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