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Bladensburg, Battle of

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Bladensburg, Battle of a fight during the War of 1812 between 5,000 British forces and 500 American troops, as well as 1,000 citizen soldiers, that took place on August 25, 1814, near the town of Bladensburg, Maryland. The Americans unsuccessfully tried to stop the British from marching on nearby Washington, D.C. Finding the Washington Navy Yard set ablaze by Americans and thereby rendered useless, the British retaliated by setting fire to the Capitol, the White House, and the War and Treasury Department offices.

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Bladensburg, battle of, 1814. The defeat of Napoleon in 1814 allowed Britain to take the offensive in the War of 1812 against the USA. A force of 4,000 men, under General Robert Ross, some of them peninsular veterans, was landed at Chesapeake Bay. A militia force at Bladensburg on 24 August was brushed aside and the British entered Washington, burning the White House in retaliation for the American sack of Toronto in 1813.

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Bladensburg, battle of, 1814. The defeat of Napoleon in 1814 allowed Britain to take the offensive in the War of 1812 against the USA. A force of 4,000 men, under General Robert Ross, was landed at Chesapeake Bay. A militia force at Bladensburg on 24 August was brushed aside and the British entered Washington, burning the White House in retaliation for the American sack of Toronto in 1813.

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