And not just any ten redcoats. Led by Wellington's cousin, Sir Edward Packenham, these Brits had just defeated Bonaparte's Grand Armee in the Peninsular war. They came swaggering up the Mississippi armed to the teeth and expecting a rout. A rout they got. The redcoats hadn't learned a thing from Mel Gibson.
History records no battle so lopsided in odds or startling in conclusion.
Things haven't changed much. And good thing the Louisiana troops didn't perform like the Beltway troops. The British marched unopposed to Washington, DC, and torched the place. President Madison fled. Then Bonaparte distracted the Brits again, saving the Republic.