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BATTLE OF BAY OF ST. LOUIS Cont. Pg. 2.
The plan of the British command assault force was some 7000 men, from Cat Island to Bayou Blenvenu.
Commodore Daniel T. Patterson had to be ready Ov t'jii ftis plans fo^gunboats were not changed, Patterson sent, in early December, Thomas Ap Catsby Jones to Lake Borgne. The vessels were five small gunboats,a?d :the Alligator and the Seahorse.
On the 9th of December Jones wrote he had collected the gunboats, "to oppose any Force which may attempt to come through Pass Marian, Pass Christian, or the South Pass."
By the 12th Jones saw the fleet (British) off Ship Island and it was not safe to -sremain in present position.
He slowly withdrew to MALHEREUX ISLANDS.
Cochran same night of 12th with 42 barges, and three g.^gs headed for Jones squadron, Captain Lockyer led the expedition.
Mid-morning the 13th, Jones s.iw a number of oarges snaping their course toward Pass Christian, he immediately ordered the tiny SEA HORSE (Seahorse) into Bay St. Louis "to assist in the removal of Puolic Stores), and order to prepare for their distruction.
The westerly wind had lowered the water level in the lakes to the point that three of his gunboats drei>'12 to 18 inches.
However by 3:30 that afternoon three barges of tne Britisn diverted into Bay St. Louis to take SEA HORSE, but Sailing Master Johnson would not be captured witaout a struggle. Several rounds shot- from SEA HORS-3^ were enough to convince the Englisn barge q- to retire out ofrtange. That evening an explosion and a large fire from Bay St.Louis announced to Jones the destruction of Sea Horse and public property there.
THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS PUBLISHED BY
Committe of Louisiana 1965
By Adm. E. M. Eller, Dr. V. J. Morgan
and Lieut. R.M.B&sco
Cont. Pg.?