Perry immediately began to move his vessels across the sandbar .
It has also been suggested that Barclay left to attend a banquet in his honour , or that he wished the Americans to cross the bar and hoped to find them in disarray when he returned .
Perry immediately began to move Barclay 's vessels across the sandbar .
It has also been suggested that Barclay left to attend a banquet in his honour , or that he wished the Americans to cross the bar and hoped to find them in disarray when he returned .