 Like Chauncey, Yeo preferred to cruise off the enemy anchorage, neglecting to support Drummond's badly provisioned British army at the western end of the lake until the last few days of navigation before the lake froze.Although the Americans at Sacket's Harbor immediately laid down two ships of the line even larger than "St Lawrence", British construction over the winter of 1814–15 matched American attempts to regain the lead.However, Prevost and Yeo were becoming increasingly hostile to each other, following the Battle of Plattsburgh.