标题：A British Eyewitness at the Battle of New Orleans: The Memoir of Royal Navy Admiral Robert Aitchison, 1808-1827. Edited by Gene A. Smith. New Orleans: The Historical New Orleans Collection, 2004. Pp. ix; 150.
摘要：Royal Navy Admiral Robert Aitchison's memoirs span roughly twenty years. Penned in the late 1850s, they briskly describes the life of a young naval officer sailing the English Channel, serving on French blockade duty in the Mediterranean, chasing American privateers along the New England coast, the Battles of New Orleans and Algiers, and then that of a seasoned officer on the North American station. Born in 1795 and surviving until 1861, Aitchison secured a first-class naval volunteer appointment at age thirteen in 1808, passed his lieutenant's examination just days after the Battle of New Orleans, was promoted to commander in 1819, to captain in 1827, and then spent the rest of his career ashore on half-pay until his retirement in 1849. He was promoted to flag rank in 1854
