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Originally Posted by williamlayton
How did they kill 700 Mexican solders in 30 minutes of fighting and loosing less than a dozen. Boys that must have been a hell of a whooping---I can't imagine.
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The same way that Andrew Jackson put a whoopin’ on the British at New Orleans in 1812. The British army fresh from whoopin Napoleon was considered the finest fighting force in the world at the time. By choosing the time and the location and the element of surprise. Jackson outnumber 2 or 3 to 1, defeated the British inflicting 2,036 casualties, while sustaining only 71.
The same way George Washington defeated the British in the American Revolution. This nation has had two great generals, Washington and Jackson, and many just good ones. The south perished because Lee was a very good general, but not a great one like Washington and Jackson, and probably Houston belongs in that category.
Almost any good general can win when he has superior strength. Only the great ones manage to inflict devastating losses on a superior enemy.