The Americans had the Fulton torpedo, invented by steamboat pioneer Robert Fulton. They consisted of gunpowder filled barrels with a timing device, the forerunners of today's naval mines. This sort of weapon continued to be called torpedoes even through the Civil War. When Admiral Farragut ordered his fleet "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" he was referring to these mine/torpedoes.
The Lewes bombardment ended up as a stand-off. The town was not captured, nor did they give the British those 20 bullocks. But the British fleet went after American shipping in the Delaware River and Bay, destroying about twenty ships.
A month later, Havre de Grace, Maryland, was looted and burned.
Most every Delaware town had some sort of fortifications.
No Bull for You!! --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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