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This anchoring tactics proved decisive during the battle.

The general expectation that morning was for a victory of the British invaders.

However, it did not happen.

The Americans proved that the British veteran soldiers in Plattsburg and the naval forces on Lake Champlain were a small challenge for them.

With an inferior American force in Plattsburg, Captain MacDonough remained at anchor in the Cumberland Bay.

Here was an opportunity for the British to quickly smash the American fleet moored offshore, the British naval commander believed.

But Captain Macdonough has deployed his entire fleet in the Cumberland Bay outside the range of the British coastal batteries, but anchored and fully prepared for battle.

The biggest concern was the British flagship 37-gun “HMS Confiance“ which by far exceeded the destruction power of the American flagship 26-gun “USS Saratoga“.

However, if the British could be forced to fight in the narrow Cumberland Bay, this advantage will be lost. This was proven to be absolutely true.