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Saratoga Launched The Saratoga, destined to be Macdonough's flag ship, was launched at Vergennes, only forty days from the tree in the forest to the vessel on the lake. Her equipment had not yet arrived and the roads were impassable for the heavily loaded wagons which were to draw the naval stores from Troy. Napoleon Abdicates The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time. The full military weight of Great Britain can now be brought to bear on the United States.
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