to Wolfe Island where he anchored hoping to resume the action the next day. However, poor weather on the morning of 10 November ruled out a renewal of the attack and forced the Americans to return to Sackett's Harbor. As the flotilla retired, the British merchant ship was spotted and the Americans gave chase. Although fire from Julia, , and damaged Governor Simcoe considerably, the merchant ship managed to escape. The American flotilla returned to Sackets Harbor on 12 November before departing again on 13 November. They chased , another Provincial Marine ship as it neared Kingston. They failed to catch up with the ship and Earl of Moira got away. The flotilla returned to Sackets Harbor. The American fleet was laid up for the winter months on the Great Lakes. With the return of good weather, Chauncey's ships sortied from Sackets Harbor on 23 April 1813 in cooperation with 1,700 soldiers of the United States Army under General Henry Dearborn, but were forced to return due to gale. On 25 April 1813, they departed for a raid on York (now Toronto), Upper Canada. Two days later, after landing the troops, Julia and her fellow ships supported them with grapeshot enabling them to repulse counterattacks by Indians and British troops while successfully taking York. The American loot included large amounts of naval and military stores and the British brig . Moreover, the 24-gun nearing completion was burned at York. On 8 May, the squadron departed York to transport troops and provisions of General Dearborn's army for the campaign on the Niagara Peninsula. On 27 May, Julia and led the flotilla into the Niagara River to open an attack on Fort George by shelling a British battery dug in near the lighthouse. The other American ships took pre-assigned positions where they shelled targets ashore. Meanwhile, Captain Oliver Hazard Perry directed the disembarkation of troops. In three hours, the carefully coordinated attack drove the defenders from the field. With the fall of Fort George, the British retreated from the Niagara region. As the Americans were attacking the Niagara region, the British assaulted Chauncey's base at Sackets Harbor on 27 May. The port's defenses were significantly damaged before Chauncey's flotilla could return and affected Chauncey's willingness to leave his base unprotected. In July, the American and British squadrons sailed onto Lake Ontario. On 7 August, the American squadron encountered the British squadron, but