"Bladensburg – August 24th 1814" Topic
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| Tango01 | 26 Sep 2014 11:46 a.m. PST |
Old, but still an interesting scenario. "The British forces were charged with creating a diversion to the invasion of New York from Canada led by Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost. Major General Robert Ross was the commander challenged with this. One of the positive points was that, following the defeat of Napoleon it allowed Wellington to release a large number of his seasoned troops to be sent to North America. The down side was that at the start of the battle many of the troops had only spent a few days ashore stretching legs etc having been cramped up on board for 3 months. In Washington there was confusion as to where the British were intending to attack. Would they head for Washington, strategically unimportant but the Capital or Baltimore with its commercial targets including boatyards? Which to defend?…"
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