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The British Are Coming: Historian Anthony Pitch Describes Washington Ablaze

机译:英国人来了:历史学家安东尼·派奇描述华盛顿大火

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On the night of Wednesday, Aug. 24,1814, Washington burned. As it roared through the night and into the early morning hours, the conflagration that gutted the Capitol, the president's mansion, the Treasury and other public buildings was observed by frightened Americans in Leesburg, Va., to the west, and north to Baltimore. Since news traveled only as fast as horse and rider, distant witnesses to the destruction were left to speculate about the safety of President James Madison, the location of key members of Congress and the proximity of marauding British troops. The reports of terrified refugees did little to lift the sense of imperilment abroad in the country surrounding the doomed capital of the young republic.
机译:1814年8月24日星期三晚上,华盛顿被烧毁。夜幕降临时,直到清晨,轰动一时的国会大厦,总统府邸,财政部和其他公共建筑的大火在弗吉尼亚州的利斯堡(Leesburg)向西,向北延伸至巴尔的摩。由于新闻的传播速度仅与骑马者一样快,因此远距离的目击者不得不猜测詹姆斯·麦迪逊总统的安全,国会主要成员的所在地以及掠夺性的英军的临近。关于难民恐惧的报道,在这个年轻共和国注定要死的国家,对解除国外的困境没有什么帮助。

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