Pertempuran Bladensburg

Pertempuran Bladensburg adalah sebuah pertempuran yang berlangsung pada tanggal 24 Agustus 1814 antara Britania Raya melawan Amerika Serikat di Bladensburg, Maryland, sekitar 86 mil (138 km) di sebelah timur laut Washington, D.C.. Pertempuran ini merupakan bagian dari Perang 1812.

Pertempuran Bladensburg
Bagian dari Perang 1812
Pergerakan pasukan Britania dari Benedict ke Bladensburg, 19 Agustus 1814, ilustrasi dibuat oleh Benson Lossing
Tanggal 24 Agustus 1814 Lokasi Bladensburg, Maryland 38°56′12″N 76°56′15″W / 38.93667°N 76.93750°W / 38.93667; -76.93750Koordinat: 38°56′12″N 76°56′15″W / 38.93667°N 76.93750°W / 38.93667; -76.93750 Hasil Kemenangan Britania
Pihak terlibat
Britania Raya	Amerika Serikat
Tokoh dan pemimpin
Robert Ross George Cockburn	James Madison James Monroe William Winder Joshua Barney
Kekuatan
1.500	6.920
Korban
64 tewas 185 terluka	10-26 tewas 40-51 terluka 100-120 ditangkap

Kekalahan Amerika Serikat dalam pertempuran ini disebut-sebut sebagai "aib terbesar yang pernah dialami oleh angkatan bersenjata Amerika". Kekalahan Amerika juga berujung pada kejatuhan dan pembakaran kota Washington, D.C..

Catatan kaki

1. Crawford (2002), hlm. 221
2. Heidler & Heidler, hlm. 56
3. Gleig, hlm.124-5 'The loss on the part of the English was severe, since, out of two thirds of the engaged [being unscaved, however], upwards of five hundred men were killed and wounded.' Gleig is mistaken in 1827 in thinking that a third of the men were casualties, the figure was closer to one sixth.
4. Gleig, George (1840). "Recollections of the Expedition to the Chesapeake, and against New Orleans, by an Old Sub". United Service Journal (1). From the circumstance of the American artillery... completely enfilading the bridge.. our loss was much more severe than it would otherwise have been...Grand total, 249 hors de combat. 
5. Quimby, hlm.689
6. Howe (2007), hlm. 63

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