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.
If they had won at the Battle of New Orleans, Britain would have had a basis to claim the Gulf Coast and Mississippi Valley for the empire. The British fleet (following the defeat at New Orleans) went on to attack other, smaller US outposts on the Gulf Coast, particularly Fort Bowyer, guarding Mobile.