Muscogee Creek Nation marks 210th anniversary of battle of Horseshoe Bend

A memorial service is held at the site of the battle of Horseshoe Bend in Alabama (Kim Chandler/AP/PA)

Members of the Muscogee Creek Nation have held a memorial service in Alabama to mark the 210th anniversary of a battle which was the single bloodiest day of conflict for Native Americans with US troops.

Prayers and songs of remembrance carried across the grassy field where more than 800 Muscogee warriors, women and children perished in 1814 while defending their homeland from US forces.