Talk:Battle of Lake Borgne

Untitled

Thanks to whoever added the painting, it is much better than the origional I posted. :>)--Az81964444 (talk) 19:14, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Casualties at the sea battle

I came across the following in the article history:

The engagement lasted about two hours, though the actual hand-to-hand combat lasted only five minutes. The British forced the outnumbered American seamen to surrender. The British won control of the lakes, but the battle gave General Andrew Jackson more time to strengthen his defences. The Americans lost their gunboats, a sloop, six men killed, thirty-five wounded and eighty-six captured. The American casualties numbered 10 killed, 35 wounded and 86 captured according to the British, and 60 killed, wounded, or captured according to the Americans.

The British reported that in the fighting they had lost 17 dead and 77 wounded, some of whom died later. Captain Lockyer was among the wounded. The British also lost two longboats sunk and had several others damaged. Originally the Americans claimed that the British had suffered some 300 killed or wounded, as well as losing four boats sunk.

Is there a source for the casualty figures? Keith H99 (talk) 19:42, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Jones declared at his court martial that the British numbered 1200 men and that he had killed and wounded over 300 of them.Keith H99 (talk) 14:07, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

USS TIckler

When the article was created, the destruction of the USS Tickler was recorded. There are no sources to back up the participation of this vessel during this engagement. One source has this vessel within the inventory of the US Navy until 1818 when it was sold.

Yet another case of a certain storyteller creating these pages in 2009, and never bothering to properly source his story.Keith H99 (talk) 19:26, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Reassessment request

A request for human intervention. Added via the following:

Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Assessment/Requests#Requests_for_assessment

On 24 October 2009, there were no inline sources in this article. This part of the assessment was given a "C" rating. As of today, there are 47 distinct inline citations, and the assessment remains as a "C". Keith H99 (talk) 14:23, 28 October 2024 (UTC)