The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-02-15
BATTLE OF. NELy-CRITAJS'

BATTLE OF. NENN-C RIEAiiS.
The following extract OF a letter Fl - Y
melia. received III this city Yesterday, ,E.ces
the loss 81 the enemy in the late desperate
attack upon the American Lii es bef re. New
Orleans, in a more striking point cfyiew
than any thing we have seen---Niaking their
loss IN officers oniv, amount ID sixty FOUR
-includrg az those Of high rank 4 loss.
winch, NC believe, is totally unprecedented
whenwe take into view the RInlper eHgaptL
and the total loss of the enemy, even admit
ting that il IS the greatest number, saw 100
men. 1t viii be recoilected that the ST ira
frigate, Which brought the intelligence from
New Orb ans of the defeat of the enemy, IS
the same in which Lieut.. Gen. Sir Edward
Fackenham sailed from England ON the 4,ll
OF NoVember-iust IS days before the en-
gsgenent, in which he is said tohave been
killed. ca.
Erlraes Of e lctteT, qqtea .4rieHa. Lanua-
ry 81.
Sc You viii no doubt have already been IN
formed of the defeat of the British at New
Orleans, with the iossof all the principal
general officers, and others, to the qmount of
64-l300 men killed besides This Is The
substance Of the news brought bg the fri.en,e
Stati19 to the squadron off this port, and gen
ally beheped. The British have left ST.
Mays, and are terrifying themselves at
Cumberland, where thew make n stand.
n sloop from your port, loaded with
rice, and bound for the IIavanua, was CAP
tured seven days aiter she lett Charles
ton.''
CONFIRMATION AGAIN!
From ,E,ElFc ORLE.GytrS, 4ia Hty.8.N.V.9
Arr lest evening, sch VIM. Hun, Cant BubbeN
days from !iavanua. Can't. H. informs us hat IS.
tel'enee to the 18th Jan had been received at Havan
Va from ~ Orleans hvl British vesscls Of var The
at z. FOL -. IL IL,
ON \. Orleans, 900 ia Killed. wounded and missing :
that their Whole loss mp the period o. the i7 had
teen bet"een and 5000 kiaoil, wounded, Sc Among
the killed the CuIn,n.n,lein Chief; and the
and 81 ~ cornmaud mortAi.v woundeti--tae second
died next''ay. ei, !yigstes and ahxe Of tn en-
1my we've there They had of,lerS puruhas. lar..e
quantities Of Professionalism the army. Times.
re hare bern totsely .Iapors6 qritA the
JoAoEvt"g eatrlct. from an officer 77ider go
ver'me1lf, 10 relation in tAis to4vq, da-
ted
7 NEw%ORLEANs, January 10.
Wen, the enemy are off at last--possi-
oily 70 try US again in another qua rter, hut
most probably for good and Ill -rher de-
camped and made for their ahins last night.
alter having received what I promised YOU
they wonld-such a tod,h up as yelling
tons lnvinclbles had meyer been in tho habit
of coming across. They have lost III battle
V0O "'Sp' .IiN WIN SiCh ness, fatigue, &C. &C
upwards of 1000 more, inchidine their com
Inander in Chief, and many officers OF raak.
Our prisoners who were with them. are Of O.
pinion that they are low 1000 weaker th.,n
when they Arrived.--i stated their loss in the
last battle, Gas wanted some chance of be-
ing bel.eved) to be 1900 find since, thew
acknowledge themselves 1870, and that our
folks have under all appearances, felt them
selves justified in lettirs ont an Official bu-
letin OF asserting much more"
Petersburg Courier.