A history of the United States . ich had been hastily collected to opposethem. The British then enteredWashington, burned the Capitol,White House, and several otherpublic buildings, and retired with-out opposition to their ships inthe Patuxent. Proceeding up the Bay theBritish anchored off the mouthof the Patapsco on Sep- ^j^^ ^^^^^^temberll. The troops onBaiti-were landed at North ™°®Point, twelve miles from Baltimore,while the ships proceeded up theriver to bombard Fort day occurred the battle of North Point. As theBritish advanced up the peninsula they were attacked bythe milit
A history of the United States . ich had been hastily collected to opposethem. The British then enteredWashington, burned the Capitol,White House, and several otherpublic buildings, and retired with-out opposition to their ships inthe Patuxent. Proceeding up the Bay theBritish anchored off the mouthof the Patapsco on Sep- ^j^^ ^^^^^^temberll. The troops onBaiti-were landed at North ™°®Point, twelve miles from Baltimore,while the ships proceeded up theriver to bombard Fort day occurred the battle of North Point. As theBritish advanced up the peninsula they were attacked bythe militia and their commander, Major General Ross,was killed. They continued the advance and drove theAmericans back into the trenches before the city, ])ut asthese were filled with 14,000 militia, the British hesitatedto press the attack. Meanwhile the fleet had failed totake Fort McHenry, so the invading force decided to reem-bark and retire. During the bombardment of the fortFrancis Scott Kev, who had been detained aboard one of. Operations Around Wash-ington AND Baltimore. 246 National Organization the British ships, was inspired to write the Star-SpangledBanner. In the late autumn of 1814 Great Britain sent a force ofover 10,000 men, composed mainly of Wellingtons seasonedtroops, to the mouth of the Mississippi RiverofN^w^ for the purpose of capturing New Orleans andOrleans, gaining control of the Louisiana territory. An-iS^s^^^^ drew Jackson, who had recently been appointedmajor general and placed in command of theSouthwest, was at Mobile, which had been lately occupiedby American troops, when he learned that the British wereabout to attack New Orleans. Calling on the militia ofKentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia to follow him, he atonce set out for the scene of action and threw himself withgreat energy into the work of preparing the city for defense. On January 8, 1815, Jackson won a brilliant victory overthe British. He had fortified himself strongly about fivemiles below New
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