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Mobile, Ala. (Alabama, United States) (search for this): entry villeres-plantation-battle-of
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): entry villeres-plantation-battle-of
Villereas plantation, battle of.
The British army for the invasion of Louisiana in 1814 were landed on the shore of Lake Borgne, after the fleet had destroyed the American flotilla on that sheet of water, and pushed on in barges towards the Mississippi through the Bienvenu Bayou and Villereas Canal.
They encamped on Villereas eutenant-Colonel Thornton, of the British army, pushed forward with a detachment, surrounded the mansion of General Villere, the commander of the 1st Division of Louisiana militia, and made him a prisoner.
He soon escaped to New Orleans.
Early on Dec. 15 Jackson had been informed of the capture of the American flotilla on Lake Bo roops back a short distance.
The conflict ceased at about 9.30 P. M., and all was becoming quiet, when, at 11 o'clock, firing was heard below Villereas.
Some Louisiana militia, under Gen. David Morgan, encamped at the English Turn of the Mississippi, had advanced and encountered British pickets at Jumonville's plantation.
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John Coffee (search for this): entry villeres-plantation-battle-of
W. T. Thornton (search for this): entry villeres-plantation-battle-of