 Unable to leave, Dobbs took men from his vessels and marched down to Fort Erie, where the British had besieged the American fort.There, on 12 August men from "Charwell" (A.F.Spence), "Magnet" (Edward Collier), "Netley" (Lieutenant Charles Radcliffe), and "Star" (Alexander Dobbs), captured two American schooners, "Somers" and "Ohio".