. The great American book of biography . leans at thattime containedabout twentythousand in-habitants. Ev-ery availableman in theplace and coun-try near wasbrought intoservice. A Britishfleet of sixtyships, many ofthem of the first class, and which had obtained renown in the naval conflicts of Trafalgar and theNile, was assembled in a spacious bay on the western end of the Island ofJamaica. This fleet, which carried a thousand cannon, was manned by nearlynine thousand soldiers and marines, and transported a land force of ten thou-sand veteran soldiers, fresh from the wars of Europe, and flushe
. The great American book of biography . leans at thattime containedabout twentythousand in-habitants. Ev-ery availableman in theplace and coun-try near wasbrought intoservice. A Britishfleet of sixtyships, many ofthem of the first class, and which had obtained renown in the naval conflicts of Trafalgar and theNile, was assembled in a spacious bay on the western end of the Island ofJamaica. This fleet, which carried a thousand cannon, was manned by nearlynine thousand soldiers and marines, and transported a land force of ten thou-sand veteran soldiers, fresh from the wars of Europe, and flushed with victoryover Napoleon. The fleet entered Lake Borgne, a shallow bay opening intothe Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans, on the loth of December, 1814. Therewere five small cutters in the lake, which were soon overpowered by the im-mense force of the foe. Unaware how feeble was General Jacksons force,they did not deem it prudent to move upon the city until they had greatlyincreased their numbers. This delay probably saved New THE OLD MARIGNY HOUSE, A RELIC OF THE WAR OF lSl2. 140 ANDRE W J A CKSON. At two oclock in the afternoon of the 23d, General Jackson learned thatthe foe, marching from Lake Borgne, were within a few miles of the city. Heimmediately collected his motley force of young farmers and mechanics, abouttwo thousand in number, and marched to meet them. He fell upon them im-petuously in a night attack, checked their progress, and drove them back towardtheir landing-place. The British, surprised by the fury of the assault, waitedfqr reinforcements, which came up in large numbers during the night. THE GREAT VICTORY AT NEW ORLEANS. Pakenham, on the 28th, pushed his veteran battalions forward on a recon-noissance, and to sweep, if possible, over General Jacksons unfinished breast-work. It was a brilliant morning. Jackson, an old borrowed telescope inhis hand, was on the watch. The solid columns of red-coats came on, inmilitary array, as beautiful as awe-insp
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