Quote Originally Posted by Waterways View Post
The US declared war on the UK. The UK went over to their country and took the war right to them even sacking the White House. When Canada was secure the UK pulled out as the had desires on US territory. Job done - the UK won. It was not a draw as many perceive the war to be.
To set you right, the Britain successfully defended Canada which leaves Canada to celebrate today what is still regarded as a great patriotic war. The United States successfully defended Baltimore and got a national anthem out of it. The British of some 8,000 under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham were soundly defeated at New Orleans on January 8, 1815 by a ragtag army under Major General Andrew Jackson. Pakenham's forces were devastated, some 2,000 casualties including Generals Pakenham and Gibbs mortally wounded, when the Americans behind defenses at the Rodriguez Canal fired at the British as they came over open land. The British attack strategy had gone totally awry when a feint on the western side of the Mississippi failed to occur as planned and the 44th Regiment under Col. the honorable Thomas Mullins failed to bring up the fascines (bundles of sticks) to fill in the canal, for which Mullins was court martialed. The defeat occurred after peace was signed at Ghent on Christmas Eve 1814. The Treaty of Ghent in effect held up the status quo, no one won. In fact, the war had arisen mostly because of maritime difficulties that were an outgrowth of the Napoleonic Wars. By late 1815, after Napoleon's final defeat at Waterloo, those difficulties no longer existed.



Chris