Gen Prevost and Sir Gen Yeo have been defeated with great loss in an attack which they made upon Sackets Harbor on the 2 Militia. Our loss in numbers was trifling. Signed by Swartwout as Brigadier Quarter Master General. Analysis The British defeat at Sacket's Harbor compared badly with Americans' victorious opposed landings at York and Fort George, even though the odds at Sackett's Harbor were slightly more favourable to the defenders. The chief reason was probably that the attack was launched without sufficient preparation, planning and rehearsal. The troops were an ad hoc collection of detachments, who had not been exercised together. This applied to the American regulars also, but since they were fighting from behind fixed defences, this mattered less. Although Prevost had previously commanded troops in an opposed landing at Martinique in 1809, he had not directly led them, but as at Sacket's Harbor he had delegated command to another officer (in this instance, Brigadier General Daniel Hoghton). He was to be noted for his caution in later actions. Colonel Baynes, to whom Prevost delegated command at Sackett's Harbor, had had little opportunity to lead troops in battle during his career. Yeo had a reputation as a fighting captain, gained by leading landing parties, but was new to the command and conditions on the lake, and cautiously kept most of his warships in deep water on 28 May. When he went ashore on 29 May to be close to the fighting, the larger British vessels were apparently left without orders and only Beresford'' attempted to intervene decisively. Battlefield preservation The American Battlefield Trust and its partners have acquired and preserved of the Sacket's Harbor battlefield. See also First Battle of Sacket's Harbor Bibliography of early American naval history, War of 1812 References Bibliography Url Further reading External links members.tripod.com galafilm.com Conflicts in 1813 United States Marine Corps in the 18th and 19th centuries Battles of the War of 1812 in New York (state) Battles on the St. Lawrence/Lake Ontario frontier 1813 in New York (state) May 1813 events Orders of battle