Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1821-06-23

prepared, with which TO fill up the
ditch and mount thefxaiis and since TO
carry these was ssersice of danger,
requiring a corps we'll worthy Of de.
pendenee, tho 44th was for that pur.
pose selected, as regiment ofsuilicieu,
numerical strength, aud already accus-
toned TO American warfare. Thus
were all things arranged on the night
Of the 9TH, for the 9Th was fixed upon
as the day decisive Of the fate of New
Orleans.
While the rest Of the army, there
fore, lay down to sleep I'LL they should
be reused up to fight, Col. Thornton
with the S5ih, and corps ofmarines
and seamen, amounting in all to 1900
men, moved down TO The brink IF the
river. A. yet, howe,er, no boats had
arrived: hour after hoar Elapsed be-
fore they came; and when thy did
come, the misf0rtunes which / have
stated nbose we're discotete,i. for out
Of all that had BEEN o'dered up, only
few made their appcarance.--Slilii,
was absolutely necessary that this part
OF the plan should be carried Into exc
'uioD Diminishing, therefore, the
rest o. his followers, The Calonel put
hi1sejf al the head II has own rrgi-
meBf, aount 90 seamen, and as many
marines, and with this small force.
consisting OF no more than $40 men,
pushed oil. But unfo, iusately, the loss
OF time nothing could repair. Instead
~ reaching the opposite bank, at least
by midnight, dawn was beginning to
appear before the boats quitied the ca
nal. Ii was in vain that they aed
ON IN perfect silence, and with our oars
muihed, gaining the point of debsrea-
ton without being perceived. IL was
IN vain that they made good their land
ing and formed upon the beuch, with.
out Opposition or alarn; day had al
read, broke. and he sisnni Racket was
seen IN he air, while they were yet
f"ur miles frnm the batteries. whie,
ought hours aga to have been taken.
In the mean time, the main BODY
armed and moved forward some way in
from OF the piqusis. There they stood
WAITING for day light, end listening
WIN tie greatest sDxieiy far the ficine
"h'rh 0aSh' aow 10 be heard on .ha
Opposite bank. But this attention wn.
exerted IN vain, aud day dowaed uDon
them long b-fure they desired its ap-
pearanee. Nor IVES Sir Edward Pack
enhhm disappointed in This part of his
plan alone. Instead Of psrceivipc e
very thing 10 readiness for the assault.
he saw his troops in battle array, in.
deed. bu; not ladder or fase;ne uoop
the he!d.-The 44Lh, which was an.
pointed to carry them, had either mis-.
understood or neglected their orders;
aud now headed The column of attack.
without any means being provided for
crossing the enem,'s ditch, or scaling
his rampant.
The Indignation of poor Packenl,am
on 'h'' occasion may be magined but
cannot be described. Gallopine to-
wards Col. MuIieps, who led the 44ih,
lae commanded him instantly to return
WIN ms regiment for the ladders, but
the Opportunity for planting them was
lost and though they were brought up
II vas only to be scattered over the
held by the frightened bearers, for our
troops were by this time visible 10 the
enemy. A dreadful fire was aecor-
di"g'y opened upon them. aud they
were moved down by hundreds, while
they were waiting for orders.
SEEING that ali his we'll laid plans
were frustrated, Packenham gave The
word TO advance, and the other reg;-
menis leaving the 44,h with the lad
GERS aud fascines behind them, rushed
on to the assault. On he left, a de.
taehmeDt Of the 95ih, 2ist, and 4th.
stormed three gun battery, and took
it. Here they remained far some time.
IN The expectation Of support; none ar
r'vIn6, and strong column of the e
nemy forming for its recovery, they
determined to anticipate the attack.
ana pushed on. The battery which
they had taken was in advance Of the
body OF the works, being cut off from il
by ditch, across which only a single
Piehk was thrown. Along this plank
asa These brave men attempt 30 pass;
0ut being opposed by overpoweripg
nn~oers, they were repUlsed; and the
Americans, IN turn, f,rciDg their way
INTO the battery, at length succeeded 10
re-eaptutiHg il, with INN nse slaugh
ter On the right again, the ztst aud
AIN being almost cut to pieces, ADD
'hro an into some confusion by the ems.
my>s IRE, the 9Sd pushed on and took
the lead. Fastening forward, our
troops soon reached the ditch; but to
scale The Parapet without ladders was
impossible. Some few, indeed, by
mounting one NM, enotho., t1I'