Having just re-read Sharpe’s Siege, I was sparked into finding out more about the war between Britain and the United Staes 1821-1815. At the Battle of New Orleans The United States Army defeated a veteran British Army inflicting over 2000 casualties to their own total of approximately 100. This seems such a crushing defeat for troops who had defeted the French Army so convincingly. I was wondering if you had a theory as to why they were so heavily defeated? Do you think it would have been different if Wellington had commanded, and which Regiments that fought in the Peninsula were present at this battle? Jon Arden