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 well, and Law-rence with his last breath said, "Don't give up the ship!" the guns of the Shan-non, at last, made our ship a wreck.

A FIGHT AT SEA IN 1813.

But in 1813 on Lake E-rie, with nine ships, Per-ry fought six Brit-ish ships that had more guns and won. In the fight he went in a boat, mid shot and shell, to a new ship when his own was sunk. He wrote of the fight in these words, "We have met the foe and they are ours!"

That was glad news, but not all news was glad. The Brit-ish took Wash-ing-ton, set fire to the White House, and much of the rest of the town. Then they went to Bal