Defeat of the British army 12,000 strong under the command of Sir Edward Packenham in the attack of the American lines defended by 3,600 militia commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson January 8th 1815, on Chalmette plain, five miles below New Orleans on the left bank of the Mississipi = défaite de l'armée Anglaise forte de 12,000 hommes commandée par Sir Edward Packenham a l'attaque du 8 Janvier 1815 de la ligne de retranchement de l'armée Americaine defendue par 3,600 milicienes sous les ordres du Major General Andrew Jackson dans la plaine de Chabitation Chalmette rive gauche du Mississipi, a 5 mille est de la Nouvelle Orléans
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