Definition of bezel. 1 : a rim that holds a transparent covering (as on a watch, clock, or headlight) or that is rotatable and has special markings (as on a watch) 2 gems : the oblique (see 1oblique 1a) side or face of a cut gem; specifically : the upper faceted portion of a brilliant projecting from the setting â see brilliant illustration.
Publisher. A+E Networks. Two weeks after the War of 1812 officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, U.S. General Andrew Jackson achieves the greatest American victory of the war at the Battle of New Orleans.
The American commander in chief, General George Washington, ordered Lafayette to block Cornwallis' possible escape from Yorktown by land. In the meantime Washington's 2,500 Continental troops in New York were joined by 4,000 French troops under the Count de Rochambeau.