The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-29


How easily this could have been done had Il
and, lack Of enterprise of the British, Capt,
Cooke explains, asserting that Ok InaIch-
ing at the skirts OF the woods ut their right
they would have been out of gunshot Of the
American sloop, which was annoying them ny
Us calling fire, and t~hree.auarterS Of a mile
lated and once turned. would have been no
longer tenable. subsequently, IN front Of
as the world has ever seen. The dllatory
tactics of the English wrrs probably en-
always speaks In terms OF exalted lraist,
TO construct his fHhnons enIrenchnlent eN.
the impossible wood on his left. The .au-
thor's description, Of this barricade diners
from that With Which we are familiar; lie
were. brought up and left here and there.
standing ISOLATED. the aperturos between
Of odds and ends. placed along the edge OF
the ditch 30 as TO form a temporary screen
- rb protect the ddeiennI enc b,ed IRON hlg Ihnuii6 6oKsd
like a contemptlble expedient. but the ditch
ten feet vide and three feet deep made OF II
proceeds to, tell of the. arrival of Gen: Sir
Edward Pakenham; Of his expression or
6isTay az the position OF MS 4, army abs S;ri Teail,y
up Of some heavy guns. which finally sank
the sloop of war that was causing so much
narrow canal. for the, passage Of small boats
from the head OF the bayou to the Mississippi
bb attsrl eTe on tSe TIgh 10 b T'aGC Of 4 The ,r river A''''TfihS sir
guns. sixteen in number. were capable q
raking the flank Of the British in the assault
operations previous to the decisive conflict
Of Yanl4qry : space limitatiop ms forbid T Sv
f pteanb Thsy W ,9ycfved da q tg Tenmlsed aS sad tR Rs
anxious waiting by the English Of the result
Of Col, .Thornton's ATTACK with a force Of 700
ON the B tieries on the right bank, Thornton
had crossed the stream under cover o. a iog,
iA n the sire si00 RRis 81 attack tsSiss" as t succession, He
captured the batteries and put TO- flight a
Americans defending them under Gen; Nor
gan. Instead of waiting until he could have
ment, Gen, Pakenham declared that he
J %oqldd t syf be e S1sd Plf fRs R rocket iees that w As to r.
the attack Of the left of the American line.
This was a fatal error. and. as Capt COOKE
success were thrown. as it were, to the bot
With the British everything. was in confu-
Of Major-Gen. Gibbs, followed by. that OF
Gen, Pakenham, the, assault OF the American
Companies Of Fusileers, Hlghlanders and the
Eorty.third Ligh, infa dafSrd msnf by a TO GTIraS
and a few Kentuokians. 1t was a fight Of muz,.
gle TO muzzle, but the oayonets OF the brtsisn
pushed forward at this moment II Is the opin-
ion of Capt. Cooke that the battle void have
R Zee t won by aid the DH BsI''f forws s0ne a 1l me them Them
a Lieut.. Lanqck, who scaled the breaetworks,.
To his surprise he saw the enemy flying H. a
disorderly mob. The oply persons remaining
were two American officers. who at the first
impulse surrendered. themselves prisoners;
t PSs e English rSIf9fe% offtSe T' unsupported they sald
to him: You are alone; therefore you ought
to consider yourself or priso1 thn En- L siisb;
troops to advance" when to his establishment
the two regiments had vanished as if the earth
R Req 'TDnnins away y"y's on one side 6 the Ell:
trenchments and the British on the other;
both hostile bodies were lying one from tne
emf "Reminiscences, the British having lost
Well nigh 1000 men, while the americans
4 loss Of fourteen. The British under Col
Thornton had now swept the rishS u i pShH s Sa
OF the river; Gen. jackson had lost more than
hall, OF his artillery. and. according to Capt.
sion within their lines. and there was nothing
left, to save them. exc ,pt to MAKE a ooiH
dsra j. in try the 20 canal tY'1 cut ' By the Uea Brit 81.
This he did not attempt to do. The re:
pulse the Americans had net With on the
n npan them 81 pe the HimTTpractiosbiity Of pdiefsst.
ing the English in the open that they made
no Po sttem np 6 TO m4 Ssso6 Nd' their 'n ent GFssShssdi
line. Gen, Lambert. now in command 81
the British forces. or what remained q
them, had his men we'll in hand; he, had
established two batteries within 200 yards on
the right and left OF the American entrench-
wished for command of the Mississippi, all
the assistance q powerful feet could, give and
seventeen hundred troops that had not yet
been engaged, eager to be led forward ana
still within Ave miles of New Orleans. This
was the psycholo glcal moment. was not
extinguisher was placed over the bright hame
OF enterprise. which was as suddenly eftin-
candle" In this position. wonderful to relate.
a flag of truce was sent TO Gen. Jackson Dy
the British General at the very time that such
to bury the dead who we're now lying under
his lines. This truce Gen. jackson gladly
acceded to, provided the British General
would consent 10 send no reenforcemsnts
across the river; The former promised TO
stuck tue into his side Two hours after dark
Col, Thornton s troops. by command. were
recalled from the right bank Of the river,
on January IL the British army com
menced unmolested IT'S retreat 10 us sn.ps
BAYOU tn. troops in a body. Had there
been a fall of rain all must have persisted IN
the slough. During, the whole night they
scrambled and tumbled about In the bog.
The struggling files Of soldiers eXytended along
The whole army was covered with a cake OF
mud from the top of their heads 10 the soies
OF their feet. on the morning OF January 70
the British troops quilted the Vorass ana