Talk:Battle of Bladensburg

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Does anyone else see some of the glaring errors and mistatements in ths account?

Tom Cavanaugh The Road to Washington - British Army Style

Feel free to correct them Kmusser 17:14, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Numbers of British troops

The current 4500 figure given in the info box is taken from a misreading the 1911 Britannica. That figure is the given strength of Ross's brigade, many of whom were elsewhere. Reading the various online accounts, the actual British strength given in them ranges from a total of 4000 regulars, marines and sailors which were in Maryland to as low as 1500 regulars and who were actually on the field of battle. Now I recall reading the 1500 figure in the Encyclopaedia of Military History by R. Ernest Dupuy and Trevor Nevitt Dupuy, but that was some 30 years ago and my memory is not what it was so I can't be sure I'm right. Does anyone have the actual correct figures of these present on the battlefield? Thanks - Galloglass 01:05, 16 December 2007 (UTC)