Battle of Lake Borgne

Battle of Lake Borgne
	Part of the War of 1812
	; British and American Gunboats in Action on Lake Borgne, 14 December 1814, Thomas Lyde Hornbrook
Date	December 14, 1814
Location	Lake Borgne, Louisiana30°09′52″N 89°26′14″W
Result	British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	United States
Commanders and leaders
Nicholas Lockyer	Thomas Jones
Strength
42 rowboats	5 gunboats ; 1 sloop ; 1 schooner
Casualties and losses
94 killed and wounded ; 1 rowboat sunk	41 killed and wounded ; 6 boats' crews captured ; 5 gunboats captured ; 1 sloop captured ; 1 schooner scuttled

The Battle of Lake Borgne was a coastal engagement between the Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy in the American South theatre of the War of 1812. It occurred on December 14, 1814 on Lake Borgne. The British victory allowed them to disembark their troops unhindered nine days later and to launch an offensive upon New Orleans on land.

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