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The fort's Water Battery, made up of 26 cannons in two tiers, formed its primary defense in 1814. The guns fired 18- and 36-pound shot for almost a mile and a half, and heated cannonballs known as hot shot were especially destructive against wooden ships. During most of the battle, British forces stayed at a distance to avoid the fort's return fire, causing many of their bombs and rockets to miss. By dawn's early light on September 14, the British withdrew rather than come within range of the guns.
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