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	The War of 1812
		Barclay lost his left arm in a battle with a French convoy while serving on the HMS Diana.
		Barclay was given no choice and he was ordered to fight the Americans under Oliver Hazard Perry.
		Barclay was badly wounded and lost full movement in his one remaining arm.
	www.galafilm.com /1812/e/people/barclay.html (462 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Battle of Lake Erie
		Meanwhile, Commander Robert Heriot Barclay was appointed to command the British squadron on Lake Erie.
		Barclay maintained a blockade of Presque Isle but had to leave on July 29 because of shortage of supplies and bad weather.
		Since Barclay was now unable to move supplies to Amherstburg, his sailors, Procter’s troops, and the very large numbers of Indian warriors and their families there quickly ran out of supplies.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Lake-Erie (5853 words)

	Battle of Lake Erie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Meanwhile, Commander Robert Heriot Barclay was appointed to command the British squadron on Lake Erie.
		Barclay maintained a blockade of Presque Isle but had to leave on July 29, because of shortage of supplies and bad weather.
		As Barclay was now unable to move supplies to Amherstburg, his sailors, Procter’s troops, and the very large numbers of Indian warriors and their families there quickly ran out of supplies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Erie (1844 words)

	Robert Heriott Barclay
		Barclay's mother had died in 1801, his father having remarried, and his childhood playmates, his older and next youngest brothers, were in the King's service far from home.
		Barclay's assignment to the southernmost lake was not a voluntary one.
		Barclay was all too aware that his fleet was undermanned, undertrained, and outgunned, but he was out of options.
	www.nps.gov /pevi/HTML/Barclay.html (1101 words)

	Oliver Hazard Perry - LoveToKnow 1911
		Other vessels were laid down at Presque Isle (now Erie), where he concentrated the Lake Erie fleet in July.
		Captain Barclay, after a hot engagement - the Battle of Lake Erie - in which Captain Perry's flagship the "Lawrence," a brig, was so severely shattered that he had to leave her, was completely defeated.
		Perry commanded the "Java" in the Mediterranean expedition of 1815-1816, and he died at Port of Spain in Trinidad on the 23rd of August 1819, of yellow fever contracted on the coast of Brazil.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Oliver_Hazard_Perry (267 words)

	Project HMS Detroit - The Battle of Lake Erie
		Commander Robert Heriot Barclay, then a 28-year old Royal Navy Officer, arrived in Amherstburg from Kingston aboard the Lady Prevost.
		Barclay promptly took command of the largest ship in Amherstburg, the H.M.S. Queen Charlotte, and re-assigned command of the armed schooner, Lady Prevost and Chippawa, to other Royal Navy Officers under his command.
		There, as Perry was being transferred to the Niagara through British sniper fire, Barclay was struck by a portion of a salvo for the enemy line, shattering his right shoulder in the process.
	www.x5ca.net /~hmsdet/battle.html (1217 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Battle of Lake Erie
		The American ships in the harbour were finally able to leave, and throughout August Captain Oliver Perry prepared for the inevitable battle while keeping a close eye on the British ships at Detroit.
		On September 10, British Commodore Robert Heriot Barclay[?], in his flagship the HMS Detroit, met Perry near Put-in-Bay, Ohio.
		Barclay's six ships outweighed and outgunned Perry's nine, including Perry's flagship the USS Lawrence; the Lawrence faced an unfavourable wind and was destroyed in the course of the battle.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ba/Battle_of_Lake_Erie (250 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		With extensive industrial resources and lines of communication available to him, Barclay’s opponent, Captain Oliver Hazard Perry, was able to construct, arm, and man enough vessels with regular seamen to overcome Barclay’s edge in numbers of ships, guns, and crews.
		Barclay looked into the harbour on 30 July, saw no sign of the ships coming out, lifted the blockade he had mounted, and bore off across the lake to Dover (Port Dover).
		Despite Barclay’s undoubtedly brave fight, she added, “those who knew of his leaving the blockade could not help feeling that all the disasters of the upper part of the province lay at his door.”
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=37350 (1133 words)

	Captain Robert Barclay \| History Comes Alive
		Captain Robert Heriot Barclay, R.N. Many have heard of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, but few are familiar with the name Robert Heriot Barclay, a Royal Navy veteran of the Battle of Trafalgar, and the senior naval commander during the War of 1812.
		Unfortunately, Barclay's real battle may well have been with British higher command, who would not send much needed food, supplies and able seamen, thinking that the Lake Erie area was expendable to the British.
		Nevertheless, Barclay was later absolved of all blame for the defeat, and was eventually restored to the rank of Captain.
	www.historycomesalive.ca /additional/barclay.htm (306 words)

	Barclay Family: Historic Barclays
		Robert Barclay was appointed Governor of the Colony of East Jersey by King James II and his Prime Minister Lord Granville in 1682.
		Archibald Rhea Barclay (son of William Barclay above) was a lawyer and member of the Constitutional Congress and the House of Representatives of Alabama.
		James Walter Barclay (son of Walter Barclay of Rowan Co, NC) served 2 terms in the House of Representatives of Texas.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~barclay/Illustrious.htm (1390 words)

	thePeerage.com - James Barclay of Knockleith and Templeland and others
		Charles Barclay of Knockleith and Templeland was baptised on 11 December 1752.
		Peter Barclay was the son of Captain Robert Heriot Barclay and Agnes Cossar.
		She married Charles Barclay of Knockleith and Templeland, son of James Barclay of Towie Hill and Elspeth Mitchell, in 1782.
	www.thepeerage.com /p13192.htm (851 words)

	The Provincial Marine at Amherstburg 1796-1813 -War of 1812
		Barclay later complained that 12 of the men were Canadians and the others "were the most worthless characters" cast off by Yeo (Wood, vol.
		The Summer of 1813 saw the frantic efforts of Barclay, Bell and General Procter to prepare the Detroit and the rest of the Amherstburg fleet for action.
		Douglas, W.A.B. "The Honor of the Flag had not Suffered, Robert Heriot Barclay and the Battle of Lake Erie," in War on the Great Lakes: Essays Commemorating the 175th Anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie.
	www.warof1812.ca /provmarine.htm (5234 words)

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		When Captain Perry appeared off Amherst-burg, where Captain Robert Heriot Barclay (d.
		Captain Barclay, after a hot engagement—the Battle of Lake Erie—in which Captain Perry's flagship the " Lawrence," a brig, was so severely shattered that he had to leave her, was completely defeated.
		Perry commanded the " Java " in the Mediterranean expedition of 1815-1816, and he died at Port of Spain in Trinidad on the 23rd of August 1819, of yellow fever contracted on the coast of Brazil.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=52031&locale=en (287 words)

	Battle of Lake Erie
		On September 10, 1813, at 7 a.m., British Commodore Robert Heriot Barclay, in his flagship HMS Detroit, met Captain Perry near Put-in-Bay, Ohio (Erie).
		Barclay's six ships were magnificently massive, outweighing and out-gunning Perry's nine vessels, including his flagship, the Lawrence.
		Although the British had wreaked havoc on the Lawrence, Barclay sustained a horrible wound; the captain and first lieutenant of every British vessel also were severely wounded.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h2824.html (1259 words)

	Battle Of Lake Erie info here at en.88of100c.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Meanwhile, Commander Robert Heriot Barclay was appointed to dictum the British squadron on Lake Erie.
		Barclay maintained a blockade of Presque Isle but had to consent on July 29, since of shortage of food sharp weather.
		The battle Movements of the squadrons of Perry Barclay on the sun-up of Sept. 10
	en.88of100c.info /Battle_of_Lake_Erie (2010 words)

	Battle Of Lake Erie info here at en.93of100e.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Meanwhile, Commander Robert Heriot Barclay was appointed to imposition the British squadron on Lake Erie.
		During July & August, Barclay attempted to unblemished a corvette at Amherstburg, HMS Detroit, & to augment the strength of her squadron.
		On the British side, Barclay was exonerated of part of blame by a court-martial, but was withal badly injured to eye serviceability reiteratively for great years.
	en.93of100e.info /Battle_of_Lake_Erie (1962 words)

	www.ohiohistory.org \| Document Transcriptions of the War of 1812 in the Northwest
		Captain Robert Heriot Barclay Commander of His Majestys late Ship Detroit, his surviving Officers and Seamen were brought in and Audience admitted -
		of the same Month and to enquire into the cause and circumstances of the Capture of His Majesty's late Squadron and to try the said Captain Robert Heriot Barclay his surviving Officers and Seamen late be- longing thereto for their Conduct on that occasion, was read.
		Captain Barclay being sworn declared that the Contents of the Narrative that had been read to the Court were correct and true to the best of his knowledge and belief.
	www.ohiohistory.org /onlinedoc/war1812/lake_erie/0002.cfm (224 words)

	Battle of Lake Erie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On September 10, British Commodore Robert Heriot Barclay, in his flagship HMS Detroit, met Captain Oliver Perry near Put-in-Bay, Ohio.
		Lawrence faced an unfavorable wind and was destroyed in the course of the battle with four-fifths of its crew killed or wounded.
		Due to the outcome of the battle, Britain retreated from Detroit and lost control of Lake Erie for the remainder of the war.
	t3.preservice.org /T0402023/Battle.htm (513 words)

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		The second ARIEL a schooner built on Lake Erie at Presque Isle (Erie), Pa., by Adam and Noah Brown-was launched in April 1813 and commissioned sometime during the ensuing summer, Lt. John H. Packett in command.
		At the outset of her service, ARIEL was blockaded in the harbor at Presque Isle by the British squadron under Capt. Robert Heriot Barclay, RN, until 2 August.
		Apparently Barclay did not realize that the two heaviest units in the American force were still without guns and undermanned for, after trading a few rounds with ARIEL and her colleagues, he drew off and gave the Americans time to rearm and bring their complements up to strength.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/sail/ariel1.txt (1021 words)

	USS Ariel
		At the outset of her service, Ariel was blockaded in the harbor at Presque Isle by the British squadron under Capt. Robert Heriot Barclay, RN, until 2 August.
		Apparently Barclay did not realize that the two heaviest units in the American force were still without guns and undermanned for, after trading a few rounds with Ariel and her colleagues, he drew off and gave the Americans time to rearm and bring their complements up to strength.
		However, by then Barclay had put into Amherstbur and he remained there until the beginning of the second in September.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/Brigatines/Ariel2.html (996 words)

	thePeerage.com - Colonel Sir Robert Barclay and others
		He was the son of Reverend John Barclay and Grizel Bruce.
		She married James Barclay of Towie Hill, son of Patrick Barclay of Towie Hill and Barbara Wilson, in 1748.
		She married Reverend Peter Barclay, son of James Barclay of Towie Hill and Elspeth Mitchell, on 13 March 1780.
	www.thepeerage.com /p13190.htm (693 words)

	Battle of Lake Erie (Put-in-Bay) : September 10, 1813 - Action Report
		Instead of breaking the British line, as was feared by Barclay; Perry instead signaled to the General Hunter and Chippawa to follow the Lawrence as it turned to port (i.e.
		Barclay, having no knowledge of the fates of the Chippawa and Little Belt, continued engaging the Lawrence, even though cumulative damage had reduced the Detroit's maneuverability considerably.
		During the exchange of fire, the Lawrence's wheel was lamed which prevented her from turning until its crew repaired it.
	www.napoleonicminiatureswargame.com /putinbay.html (1324 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / TIME MACHINE
		Cannon shot boomed across the waters of Lake Erie as Oliver Hazard Perry, in command of the flagship Lawrence, led his small, undermanned fleet into battle against the British, commanded by the one-armed Robert Heriot Barclay, on the morning of September 10.
		In its wake the storm left sixty thousand families homeless, damage totaling half a billion dollars, more than six hundred dead and missing, and for the survivors, haunting, indelible memories of the Hurricane of 1938.
		Robert Sherwood’s play Abe Lincoln in Illinois opened in New York on October 17 with a memorable performance by Raymond Massey in the title role.
	americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1988/6/1988_6_28_print.shtml (1485 words)

	Monuments
		Captain Robert Heriot Barclay was only 26 when he assumed command of the British fleet on Lake Erie in 1813.
		He was a capable young officer who had spent 15 years in the Royal Navy and had lost his left arm in 1809 fighting the French.
		In the Battle of Lake Erie Captain Barclay was wounded and every other British commander was killed or wounded.
	www.citywindsor.ca /000353.asp?park=millstreet (329 words)

	Robert Barclay on the Internet \| History Comes Alive
		Read about the life of Robert H. Barclay, and other War of 1812 people and events, at the web site of Galafilm Inc (film company that produced an excellent 4-part documentary on the War of 1812).
		Read about the British flagship, His Majesty's Ship Detroit, under the command of Captain Robert Barclay during the Battle of Lake Erie.
		An online transcript of a letter written by Robert H. Barclay to James Lucas Yeo (commander-in-chief of the British naval forces on the Canadian lakes) on September 12, 1813, reporting the circumstances and aftermath of his fleet’s defeat in the Battle of Lake Erie.
	www.historycomesalive.ca /additional/links/barclaylinks.htm (269 words)

	Ariel
		The second Ariel—a schooner built on Lake Erie at Presque Isle (Erie), Pa., by Adam and Noah Brown—was launched in April 1813 and commissioned sometime during the ensuing summer, Lt. John H. Packett in command.
		However, by then Barclay had put into Amherst-burg; and he remained there until the beginning of the second week in September.
		When'Lam-ence's lookout sighted Barclay's squadron on the horizon at daybreak on 10 September, Perry immediately ordered his ships to weigh anchor.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a11/ariel-ii.htm (1072 words)

	Re: [Goanet]Re: [OFFTOPIC] Canada... and America
		The monument is at Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island in Lake Erie, close to where the British were defeated.
		An excerpt from a history book reads as follows: On 10 September 1813, Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry met and defeated a British flotilla, under Commander Robert Heriot Barclay, at the Battle of Lake Erie.
		With a squadron of nine ships, manned as a mixed crew of soldiers, marines, and sailors, Perry achieved one of the most significant victories of the War of 1812.
	www.mail-archive.com /goanet@goanet.org/msg27635.html (408 words)

	The Battle of Lake Erie
		For the next month Perry trained his crews and watched the British squadron at Fort Malden, Ontario (Amherstburg, near the mouth of the Detroit River).
		On September 10, the British under Commodore Robert Heriot Barclay and the Americans under Perry met in battle near Put-in-Bay, Ohio.
		After she was completely disabled, with most of her crew wounded or killed, Perry transferred by boat to the undamaged Niagara, sailed her into close action, broke the British battle line, and forced Barclay to surrender.
	www.brigniagara.org /battle.htm (597 words)

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