The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-02-11

days, we have heard :, constant bombarding
IN that direction. Should the enemy get by
them, we shall be in bad way here. Should
they not succeed, as believe they will not.
Orleans is safe.
+. D You will perceive by my calculation
the enemy's loss to be 1900 but believe
have moderated it; 9 deserters that have
just come III, say it was 2OOJ on SUNDAY last,
aud it is supposed by some OF our officers to
be nearly SGUo.
Ne7c- Orleans, Jan. IL, 1915.
| wrote you fully by last mai, giving YOU,
as correctly as / coVia, the account of the
assault by the Br ,ish, upon the entrcnchments
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
1T least 1900 Killed, wounded and prisoners.
TOR, after the engagement, they asked truce
u enable them to bury their dead. and there
was line marked out for them to come with
In ohe-third of a mile Of our works, and we
delivered to them of their dead, that fell
within that line 4S2
We hive of wounded prisoners eco
Onwounded prisoners, about 2UO
Objects prisoners 20
1852
Add to which. those who fell ard were ta-
ken up by them, the slightly wounded. which
S OH and those wlIo we're wounded in the
hrst OF the engagement, will make up the
full 1900 loss on their side and so severe
WAS our fire, that very few OF the wounded
have as few IS one wound, but some have
even, and one man who fell received II
~ol4as. It's as -ertained to Certainty that
gen Pakenhsm, first IN comm md, is Killed *
%. hean, second IN command, IS wounded,
supposed mort4!ly; gen Gibbs, third IN COM
m md, killed; 50 SAID theirs1;t. general, during
the truce, and Admiral Cochraae signed it as
Conan noer IN chief of the land and naval
forces, which think puts it beyond doubt.
ney got possession otour right bastion of
| three guns but our FIRE upon them was SO
severe, that they had not time to spike the
| gu.lSOsfore they rGtreated. There never was
| i more gallant attack made upon any works,
| thdn was that Of the British upon ours. Nor
| was there ever more gallant rcpulse for
| tAere was one Continued roar of musketry,
| from right to left, aud those who fell of the
BRITISH receiving so many wounds is a proof
rhat our ilre was Superior think, to that of
| any army that was ever brought into action :;
tor the proportion of rifeluen in our army is
| very great and those Tennessee fellows in
! Coffee brigade tore them literally 10 pieces
ana dld not give the enemy time to get gpon
| the rampartS TO charge them. The British
! col. Rainey. who led the men that carried
! our Eight bastion, had the calf of one of his
| legs carried away before he mounted the
works, notwithstanding which he pushed on
and, 1t IS said, killed sergeant and corpo-
raj OF our regulars with ms two pistols and
| was then shot by one Of our n. O. rIfenen,
! who were posted on the right, and who drove
them out of their works, and thereby be-
heVe saved n. Orleans Indeed, after the en-
| igement, Gen. Jackson told them they had
done themselves immortal honor.
! he British have received such lesson in
LOUISIANA from militia, IS they never had be-
tore in any part OF the world and they were
| beaten by sheer superiority in firing and
| they are no doubt 2 $500 men less in Killed,
| wounded and prisoners, than when they Ian
! ded. Jackson, during the action, was running
along the line, crying OFT, give it 20 then,,
| my boys, let'S. finish The business 10 -dag" He
I Is noble fellow, and the men adore him IL
| is expected the British have attacked PA
! quemine, with about seven vessels. saw gun
| brgs, and bomb and rocket ships. What
the result is, Cannot say but there
are two strong fbrts down there. and
l trust they have been repulsed and, If they
have, their army will soon go off for they
must know they Can do nothing, for in the
| last attack, they picked tn best men from all
! the regiments, and C!ficers Volunteered, and
never was there finer set of oi.ers and
me-, composing an army, than made the as
sallt.
| On the other side Of the river, however,
we ~e.~ ""rlpl trly dsgraced by some % the
militia who scarcey waited to fire d gun at
them, bu turned immediately about, altho'
| they were stronger than the enemy, and
coull have tak.n or killed every man of
them, had tAey stood as they ought TO have
done