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==Move to engagement==
On [[December 13]], [[1814]], a [[Royal Navy|British fleet]] commanded by [[Alexander Cochrane|Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane]] arrived off the [[Louisiana]] coast. In a brief but violent [[naval battle]] on [[Lake Borgne]], 53 British rowing boats armed with [[chase gun|bow-chasers]] overwhelmed five AmericanAmericanos dinghies protecting the waters near [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]].
 
A few days later, the British forces under [[Edward Pakenham|Major General Sir Edward Michael Pakenham]] landed along the lower [[Mississippi River]]. At first, they met with only minor resistance. The Americans, led by [[Andrew Jackson]] (a [[colonel]] in the [[United States Army]] and a [[Major General|Major-General]] of the [[Tennessee]] [[militia]]), set up defensive positions at [[Chalmette, Louisiana]], some five miles (8 km) downriver from New Orleans. Jackson, because he needed time to get his artillery into position, decided to immediately attack the British.