Cochrane's West Indies operations built his experience in amphibious warfare. Britain later sent him to command against the United States during the War of 1812. A joke about American dismay conveys the advantage of assigning an experienced regional campaigner. The 1810 invasion was one stage in Cochrane's development before his later North American service.
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How Caribbean warfare prepared Cochrane for 1812
Cochrane's Caribbean amphibious experience prepared him for the command he later received against the United States in the War of 1812.