History of the United States . I. TUE BATTLE OF XEW OHLEAXS On the morning of January 8. 1815, the British advanced toattack the Americans behind their entrenchments; but the Ten-Bat 11 e of nessee and Kentucky riflemen, four ranks deep, assisted New Orleans . f , , - n Jan. 8, 1815 by the Louisiana militia, at first reserved their fire andthen poured an accurate and deadly rain of bullets into the ranksof the enemy. Reinforcements marched up, but no troops, how-ever brave, could withstand the terrible fire of the western rifle-men, and the British were compelled to retreat to their ships,havi
History of the United States . I. TUE BATTLE OF XEW OHLEAXS On the morning of January 8. 1815, the British advanced toattack the Americans behind their entrenchments; but the Ten-Bat 11 e of nessee and Kentucky riflemen, four ranks deep, assisted New Orleans . f , , - n Jan. 8, 1815 by the Louisiana militia, at first reserved their fire andthen poured an accurate and deadly rain of bullets into the ranksof the enemy. Reinforcements marched up, but no troops, how-ever brave, could withstand the terrible fire of the western rifle-men, and the British were compelled to retreat to their ships,having, within twenty-five minutes, lost 2000 men, together with ADMISSION OF LOUISIANA 199 their commander. The Americans lost but 71 in killed andwounded. No British army had suffered a worse defeat, althoughthe attack on New Orleans had been led by many of the sametroops that had beaten Napoleons generals in Spain; moreover,those surviving this battle were destined to share in the victory overNapoleon at Waterloo in June of that
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