The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1815-02-15

ces, perhaps, n any country. In justice 10
| the enemy u mose be said, they withstood u
a. long Is could have tecn expected from the
most determined bravery. At t'lcngth, how
! ever, when all prospect Of success became
hopeless, they h-d in confusion from the field
! ---lcaying il covered with their dead and woun-
| dcd. Their loss was immense. had At
| first computed IL at 1900 bot ii is since as
certaincd TO have been much greater. Upon
| information, which is believed 10 be correct,
Colonel Haynes, the ihspector-gcnera re-
| ports 1t 10 be in the total 1000. His repost
inclosc you. My loss was inconsidetah)e be-
| ing only SEVEN killed and SIN woundcd.s
Such disp' oportion in loss, when we con
slider the NUMBER and the kind of troops en-
gagged, must, know, excite astonishinent,
and may not, every wherc, he fully credised |;
yet am pefecily satisfied that the account is
not exaggerated on the one part, nor Under
rated on the other
The enemy having hastily Quilted post,
which they had gained possession OF, on the
other side Of the river, and we having i'm
medIateiy returned 10 il, both armies al pres
ent occupy ineir former POSITIONS Whcth-
er, alter the severe losses he has Sustained, he
is preparing 10 return 10 his shipping, or TO
make sill migh,ier : forts to attain bis first
ohjeet do not pretend 10 determine II be-
comes me 10 ac, as though the latter were his
intention. One thing, however, seems Ger.
tain, that if he still calculates ON effecting
wnat he has hitherto been unable 10 accom-
pllsh, he must expect conside able reinforce
mcnts, as the force with which he landed
snnst undoub cd.y be diminished at least 5000,
Besibes the loss which he sustained on The
might of the 23d uI,imo, wnicn is estimated al
-four hundred, pe cannot have suffered less
between that period and the morning OF the
9th instant. than 800 hasiog, within tha,
lime, been repuissd 10 TWO general attempts
20 dive as from our posltion, and there hsv
ing been continual can0onaoing and skirmish-
ing, during the whole Of il. YET he 10 stiii
able TO shew ve,y formidable force.
There rs little deubt that the con- nlanding
general Sir Edward PrckcDghsm was Killed
IN the action ot the b, aud that Msjos -gch-
erals Kesne and Gibbs were badly wounded
Whenever more leisure momcnt shall
occur, vii! take the liberty to make out and
forward you more clscumstansial account OF
the several actions, that Of the 8ih, in doing
which my chief motive wisl be to sender JUS.
tice 70 those brave men have ine houor t.,
S~AAs'''~Sef e"S v"V "esS " ~ a. hout otS'
tinguishcd themselves.
have the honor TO be, sir very respectfully,
yoar obedicnt servrnt,
ANDREW JACKSON
Major Genera Commanding.
r. S. A correct lies Of my Killed and ~oun-
dcd will be Forwarded you by sae adjutaot
general
Had; Quarsers, isfs bank eT sse Afssissihhi, IS
mitrs 6etow sew- Orleans 1871 Jan. 1915
Sir--I have the nonor to MAKE The foi.ov
ingsreport of the killed, wounded and prison-
e,s taken at the battle at Mac P'acie pIan,a.
sion, on the left bsnk OF tho 8,h Japuasy,
1915, and miles below the city OF New
Orleans:
y. Killed 700
Wounded l4uo
Prisoners taken, ! major. 4 captains, II
lieuscnuan's ensign. 4S3 camp ffcets aud
privates making a q ana .otaI oi 1900.
have the honor 10 be, sir, ve,y ,cspect-
fully your obec,sn, scrvan,,
y HAYNE, lnspecto, General.
Moior- Genrrat .dndrtw Jackson,
Commanding the Army II the BAssssihhi.
This was in the action on the afterwards
skirmIshing Was kept up in which few more Of
our men were lost. Ma