Kilts... Napoleonic Period...?

[Lachlan09]

I believe Cajun's saying that yes the British lost the battle, but it wasn't lost due to the 93rd's actions that day, but by a number of frisson factors, good American marksmanship and some incompetence by other British units.

If you want a prime example of a stupid battle and futile loss of life, forget the Great War - New Orleans was it ! As we all know, the war had already finished and the combattant countries were at peace some weeks before. If only North America had the Napoleonic telegraph/semaphore system !