8 gen 1815 anni - The Americans win the Battle of New Orleans
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The Battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1815, was the last major battle of the War of 1812. It took place after the war was officially over. Britain's goal was to capture New Orleans, Louisiana, with its vast stores of sugar and cotton, and prevent the US from using the Mississippi River to flow goods and soldiers.
On 10 December, Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane's fleet landed on the east bank of the Mississippi, defeating the small flotilla of American gunboats protecting the mouth of the river under the command of Lieutenant Thomas ap Catesby Jones. The British troops were1600 men strong, but could not press the attack until the arrival of their commander, Sir Edward Pakenham. Jones's courage in the face of British superiority in numbers earned him praise and bought time for the defenses of New Orleans to be secured.
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