unfortunately for the british, jackson had been warned by pure lafitte -- pierre lafitte that he should extend the rampart and it gets extended into the swamp. instead of being the weakest part of the line, it becomes one of the strongest, and the british really are not prepared for how deep and difficult it is to move through swamp. they end up taking massive casualties there. the second line of defense by the british is near the levy side and the plan there was to take ladders and big bundles of sugarcane sticks from the nearby plantation -- they would have taken those sticks and thrown them into the canal and laid a ladder right on top of the ramparts so they could swarm over the top and overwhelm the canons there, which were, again, causing so many casualties. on the day of the attack, the man in charge of bringing those, colonel molden of the 44th regiment, did not bring them. they end up getting bottlenecked on the levy side and the british take massive casualties there as well. the third line of attack -- we can see from where we are -- but jackson had a set of cannons whose enti

unfortunately for the british, jackson had been warned by pure re lafitte that he should extend the rampartnd it gets extended into the swamp. instead of being the weakest part of the line, it becomes one of the strongest, and the british really are not prepared for how deep and difficult it is to move through swamp. they end up taking massive casualties there. the second line of defense by the british is near the levy side and the plan there was to ofe ladders and big bundles sugarcane sticks from the nearby plantation -- they would have taken those sticks and thrown them into the canal and laid a ladder right on top of the ramparts so they could swarm over the top and overwhelm the canons there, which were, again, causing so many casualties. on the day of the attack, the man in charge of bringing those, colonel molden of the 44th regiment, did not bring them. they end up getting bottlenecked on the levy side and the british take massive casualties there as well. the third line of attack -- we can sefrre w are -- but jackson had a set of cannons shootentire point was to the british battlef