From the www.battleofneworleans.org. site.
All events from 1814.
SEPTEMBER 3-- Captain Nicholas Lockyer of the HMS Sophia meets with pirate Jean Lafitte, hoping to enlist his aid in the British attack on New Orleans. Lafitte sends copies of their offer to the Americans.
SEPTEMBER 12-- British commander Robert Ross killed in the Chesapeake Bay area and General Pakenham takes over.
SEPTEMBER 13-- Despite warnings of impending British attack, Commodore Daniel Patterson leads an attack on Jean Lafitte's base at Grand Tere, seizing goods and ships and burned down the base. Lafitte escapes.
SEPTEMBER 16-- Failed British attack on Mobile.
SEPTEMBER 26-27-- Battle of Fayal in the Azores. The 74-gun ship-of-the-line HMS Plantagent and two other warships sailing for the Gulf of Mexico fight the U.S. brig General Armstrong, 7 guns, and are delayed for several days, giving time for General Jackson to prepare for the British upcoming attack.
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Battle of Lake Borgne, Louisiana-- Part 3: Destruction of USS Sea Horse at Bay St. Louis
British Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane ordered the frigate HMS Seahorse, Armide and Sophie to proceed from Pensacola to Lake Borgne and en route, they were attacked by two American gunboats and mast lookouts reported seeing the masts from three more enemy ships. This alerted the British to the American presence.
The British ships collected their ships' boats and sent out 42 longboats and barges mounting one 12, one 18 and one 24-pdr carronades. There were also 3 gigs mounting long brass 12-pdr cannons. Also included were 1200 sailors and Royal Marines.
They set off on the night of December 12 and encountered the one gun schooner USS Sea Horse on a mission to destroy a powder magazine at Bay St. Louis. The schooner and a shore battery fought off two British attacks by the longboats, but was burnt later to prevent capture.
--Brock-Perry
The British ships collected their ships' boats and sent out 42 longboats and barges mounting one 12, one 18 and one 24-pdr carronades. There were also 3 gigs mounting long brass 12-pdr cannons. Also included were 1200 sailors and Royal Marines.
They set off on the night of December 12 and encountered the one gun schooner USS Sea Horse on a mission to destroy a powder magazine at Bay St. Louis. The schooner and a shore battery fought off two British attacks by the longboats, but was burnt later to prevent capture.
--Brock-Perry
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