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The gang at Cafe le Cabotin, and the Immortal Memory of the Eleventh Periscope Group
HISTORICAL NOTE:
For dramatic purposes I have compressed into one day the three-day siege and attack of Fort Bowyer (12-15 September, 1814). In that action, Major William Lawrence and 130 men held off 130 marines and 600 Indians, who were supported by a squadron of five British warships. The defenders inflicted 232 casualties and destroyed the sloop of war Hermes (20), while suffering only eight casualties in return. The actual battle for the fort occurred much as described here. The engagement at the Passe Maronne, and the ships and men involved, is fictional.