Benedict Arnold's small "fleet" turned back a British invasion fleet in the battle of Valcour Island on October 11, 1776, on Lake Champlain. Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Valcour_Island
It's too bad that Arnold later changed sides ... one reason being that Congress wouldn't reimburse his expenses in that battle ... Arnold's records went down with his ship in Valcour Bay ... It was Congress that ultimately led him to treason.
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01/07/2011 11:01:09 AM PST by
OldNavyVet
(One trillion days, at 365 days per year, is 2,739,726,027 years ... almost 3 billion years)
It was too bad... its hard not to sympathize with him at the Battle for Saratoga.
I suppose it was the same ambition that ultimately got him into trouble.