Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-02-11
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tulicS from New OGlc1nS,
January t3.
We have had another and most glorious
battle. On Sunday morning.. tae S,h inst.
a. dav-light, the enemy advance, in regu.
lar columns with nearly their whole force.
and commenced most vigorous and gal.
liant attack. within twenty PAGES of our lines.
1t the same time keeking IN a constant
cannonading from two batteries, and throw.
ing congreve rockets to ever their light
TROOPS but we, expecting an attack, were
ready 20 receive them. and gave then such
ano ner reception as they have no. expert
encea Since the war; in fact,the annals of his.
tory scarce bear TESTIMONY of such another.
The enemy left m the field oe battle bet
ter tfrn five hundred killed, seven hundred
wounJed, (mostiy dangerous. being gener
ally from orr Cannon) and three hundred
prisoners. Nearly all the killed AMI three
hundred and fifty of the wounded fell in.o
oar hands, besides the three hundred off.
GERS and men prisoners, uuhart. and, aston
isaing as it may appear to YOU bit M more
SO than true, our loss on that me no.able
day, was but SIX privates killed and twelve
wouuded
The enemr's loss in ,fFicers was immense
from 80 to go in killed, wounded and pri,
soners, and those the he's. IN their army -
Lieutenant General PAKENHAM their
c9mnander in chief. was killed, early in
me action. bv a cannon ball Generals
heaac and Gibbs, were both wounded, AMI
sa'd to be dangerously so. Col. Rainey and
several other field ofhcers that paid you
v's't at Washington, were killed on nur
breast works The enemy took possession
OF one battery on the right bit were soon
killed or taken prisoners and rhe battery
al 49, - 10
and half, and While glory covered our
arms on this side of the river, we hal a
party of militia that diSgraoed Themselves
en- the other. The enemy sent over pS->
ty of a'ont 6Do r1on, making an attack at
the sa ne time that they engaged us a. this,
when the milisia made sham eful retreat
afte- their first Are The enemy advanced
q mile or two edwards Orleans OF that side,
tooS three batteries, burnt several sugar
plantations. spiked three or four guns that
were there, burnt their carriages, and re-
treated down the river opposite their m ain
'orce and recrossed before we could ret a
rei"'orce nent across. Had our militia o..
YER the river done their duty, they would
have taken the whole force opposed to
than In the AFTERNOON after ths blttle,
the enemy sent in aag oe truce. for the
purpose of barying their dead: General
Jackson gave them until twelve O'Clock next
day. but that not being long enough for
them to bury them, they were allowed until
fonr O'Clock
Since Sunday, both armies have remain,
I'd very quiet; the British army is com nan
led by General Llmbert. I, IS the gen.
eral opinion in camp. that the Enemy are
about to leave us !; bat | think it will de-
pend upon their fee: getting past Fort St.
Philip.
General Jackson received an express
from that place to day, whicl left II m the
9th. There we're two bomb vessels, and S
others anchored two miles from the fort -
they hal At that time thr1wn 25 shells in
the for;, without injarirg any thing For
the last three DAYS we have heard a CON-
slant bnnbarding in that direction Should
the enc NY get by them we shan be in a
bad way here. Should they mt succesl, as
Believe they viii no., Orleans is safe.
+. ,. You will perceive by ny caicr-
lation the enemy's loss to be 1900 but
believe have isrF1ted it two deserters
that have Just zone in, say il was 1000 or
sunday last. and il is supposed by soma of
cur officers to BE- nearly three thousand.
View Orleans, aIa7uqry 10, 1914.
wrote you fully by last mail, giving YOU,
as CORRECTLY az could the account OF the
assault by the Beitish HDon the entrench
ments of our army. Never was there an
action wherein one side suffered so much,
and the other so little we having lost but
six men killed, and nine wounded, and the
British lost NJ least 1900 killed, wounded 81
prisoners, FIR, after the engagement, thew
asked a truce to ENABLE them to bury their
dead, and there was line marked out for
them to CONE within one-tbird Of A mile of
our work., and we delivered to them of
their dead, that fell within that line 492
We have of wounded prisoners $50
Unwounded prisoners, about 200
Officers prisoners 90
1862
Add 10 which, those who fell and were Ia /.
ken up by them, the slightly woun1ed which
got Oft, and those who were wounded in the
first Of the engagement, will make I'D the
foil 1900 loss on their side and, so severe
vas our FIRE, that very few Of the wounded
have as few as one w0uud, but some have
seven, and one man who fell received "
wounds. II is ascertained To a Certainty
that gen. Pakenham, first in command, IS
killed, and zen. Kean, second in command,
- wounded, supposed mortally; gen. Gibbs,
third in command, killed so said their ad .
Jutant general daring The truce, and admi-
raj Cochrane signed i as commander in
chief OF the land and naval forces, which
think puts il beyond doubt They got pos
session OF orr right bastion OF three guns.
but our IRE uDOn them Was ca severe that