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 commandedby Major General Andrew Jackson January 8the 1815, on Chalmette plain, five miles below New Orleans on the left bank of the Mississippi = défaite de l'armée Anglaise forte de 12,000 hommes commandée par Sir Edward Packenham a l'attaque du 8

Color aquatint by P.L. Debucourt after Laclotte, "architect and assistant engineer in the Louisiana Army"; view of battle on plain, river edge in foreground. Color aquatint by P.L. Debucourt after Laclotte, "architect and assistant engineer in the Louisiana Army"; view of battle on plain, river edge in foreground. Large oblong folio, matted; marings trimmed; margins worn, soiled, foxed, corner torn and repaired. New York, Old Print Shop, 1954.
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