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>>>The troops at the battle of New Orleans weren't >>>Wellington's veterans at all. The actual British >>>standing army never made it to American shores during >>>that war. I also fail to see how a batlle taking >>>place after the American's pleaded for peace can >>>change the outcome in the eyes of the people. Had >>>they decided to continue the war off that, and the >>>full force of British regualars arrived, we'd be >>>seeing a much smaller USA today and an even bigger >>>Canada. >> >>Yes they were. Here's a quote from this site: >> >><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>href="http://www.napoleonguide.com/battle_neworlea.htm >" >>>http://www.napoleonguide.com/battle_neworlea.htm</a> >> >>"His opponent was General Sir Edward Pakenham, who led >>7500 men - a large number of them experienced veterans >>from the Peninsular War." >> >>Because of this, The Battle of New Orleans had an >>immense propaganda effect in the eyes of the people. >>Until then, they felt that they would have no chance >>at all of beating a real force of British regulars. In >>fact, Andrew Jackson was elected president largely >>because of the fact that he commanded the US troops >>there. >> >>To Britain, it was a very minor footnote to the >>Napoleonic era, but over here it's one of the more >>famous battles in American history. >> >>There's no doubt that Britain COULD have done much >>more over here if they had given America more >>attention. But they didn't. So the war ended with >>pretty much everything staying the same... that sounds >>like a draw to me. > > >Peninsula war was a little different. The soldiers >there were mostly press ganged and not long term >standing army like the ones used on the continent. >Its not a draw if you look at it from each countries >objectives. America started the war with the >intention of seizing land from Canada. Britain merely >wanted to defend Canada. Britain achieved its goals, >America didn't. That's like saying ww1 was a draw >because Germany kept its boundaries.
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