. A history of the United States of America, its people, and its institutions. , and the south. Prevosts invasion from the north, aswe have seen, signally failed. On the east troops werelanded and a number of towns were plundered. Stoning-ton, Connecticut, was bombarded. Part of the coast ofMaine was seized and held till the end of the war. Washington Captured.—In July, 1814, a strong Britishfleet, conveying an army four thousand five hundred Miller to his side. Ill try, sir, was the modest answer. Miller wonthe battery and held the position against three desperate charges of thefoe. His answe
. A history of the United States of America, its people, and its institutions. , and the south. Prevosts invasion from the north, aswe have seen, signally failed. On the east troops werelanded and a number of towns were plundered. Stoning-ton, Connecticut, was bombarded. Part of the coast ofMaine was seized and held till the end of the war. Washington Captured.—In July, 1814, a strong Britishfleet, conveying an army four thousand five hundred Miller to his side. Ill try, sir, was the modest answer. Miller wonthe battery and held the position against three desperate charges of thefoe. His answer has become famous. ^ Commerce was so completely ruined that the lamps in the light-houses were no longer lighted. They had become of use only to theenemy. THE SECOND WAR WITH GREAT RRITAIN. 281 strong, appeared in Chesapeake Bay. The troops werelanded near the mouth of the Patuxent River and marchedtoward the national capital. Their coming had been a sur-prise, and the hasty steps taken to resist them proved use-less. About six thousand men were gathered, nearly all un-. trained militia. They metthe foe at Bladensburg,near Washington, butwere soon put to flight,and the enemy marchedon to the capital (August24). Here shameful and in-glorious v/ork was done, from which the British nationgained no renown. The Capitol, the Presidents house, andmost of the public buildings were burned and all the records Northern Battle-Fields of the War of1812-15. 282 THE EARLY PERIOD OF THE REPURLIC. of the government destroyed. This vandahsm had beenordered by the British government, on the plea that theParUament House at York, Canada, had been burned by theAmericans. But this was the act of a general, not of agovernment. Baltimore Attacked.—On leaving Washington, AdmiralCockburn sailed to Baltimore. Here the fleet attacked FortMcHenry, while the army marched by land against thecity. But there was no surprise here as at Washington;Baltimore was prepared, and the assault ended in failure.^ T
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