He led his men into the interior, seized on an abandoned convent, and fortifying it, prepared to resist capture.

No attempt, however, was made to pursue him, the British commander contenting himself with the destruction of the privateer.

For nearly a week the British ships were delayed in the harbor, burying their dead and making repairs.

When they reached New Orleans, the army which they had been sent to reenforce, had met Jackson on the plains of Chalmette, and had been defeated.

The price paid for the "General Armstrong" was, perhaps, the heaviest of the war.