Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05

1INETY- FLIGHT YEARS will have
IN elapsed Wednesday since Gen.
Andrew jackson drove tn"
British troops from New Orleans and
established his reputation as one or IN"
greatest soldiers in American history.
The story of the rough and ready Old
warriors return from Indian iiGhtln@
in Alabama and Tennessee in the sum
mer of 1914 and within few months
fighting and winning one Of the b.oodiest
battles of history is a thrilling paE''
in American history.
Jackson's service in subduing the In
dams was handsomely acknowledged
bv appointment to the rank of briga-
der and later major general Entirely
on his owr responsibility Gen Jack :
son marched out of Mobile October -.
1914. on his invasion of Spanish Florida
and at Pensacola captured the British
base of supplies. destroyed the FORTH
cations and retraced his steps
-
That was the beginning OF his cam
paign. If he yearned for action ne got
it soon afterward. for there came Ia
his headquarters in Mobile November
Is Information that great British
armament was collecting at jamaica
for the purpose of dealing a death
blow at New Orleans.
Four days afterward Jackson was at
New Orleans and every available man
in the southwest was being rushed to
the threatened point. 1t was a curious
episode in American history. this sud-
den convergence of the back waodsmen
and buck hunters of Tennessee and
city. Difficulties of transport retarded
the British advance.
Gen Pakenham. the British com
mander-in- chief. was slow in arriving.
No horses on mules could be found To
haul the guns and supplies. SO not
until late in December did the two
armies come in contact
Jackson kept busy; his eXuberant
courage, resource AMI enthusiasm inSpir-
ed even sleepy New Orleans with martial
ardor. The British Gen. keane reached
the front of the American position De
cember - The sight OF the British uni
forms had the effect on Jackson that a
red rag has on the proverbial bull.
Creeping out of their lines. Jackson 5
men edged their way around the right
and left wings of Gen. keane's command.
and at a preconcerted signal opened tire.
The British We're veterans of the penin-
sular war and displayed great steadiness
urder trying conditions. They refused to
be stampeded. and when Jackson retired
the losses each side were 80 men
The American forces numbered 1910 and
Keane had J.tso men. The enga cement
had one result undisputedly clear. Gen.
keane's advance was checked and what
Gen. Jackson prepared for his enemy was
a more elaborate and complete Bunker
HILL one of the most murderouS death
traps an army ever led into. y
breastwork eight feet high of black earth
packed tight within casing of planks,
was completed right across the British
front For the embrasures of his artillery
jackson used cotton bales to take the
place OF eabions.
An artillery duel tried by the
British January /. Their field pieces
and improvised shelter, however, We're
completely outmatcned 10y the heavier
American guns and shelter. Pakenham
decided to rely on numbers TO carry the
American lines by a direct attack; his
troops were as brave body of infantry
as the world could show. and he decided
to throw them at the American front.
At O'Clock on the morning or January
Jackson was standing on the breast
works. gazing through the morning mist
at the long lines of British infantry adj
Vancing in successive waves. The at
tack was toward his left. and there, "
ing against the breastWork, were the