Actually, they burned the White House also. Not sure you can claimed to have "whipped" the other side when they march into your capital and burn the residence of your head of state. American troops, on the other hand, never got close to Buckingham Palace, or to London for that matter. That war was between the British and French. We Americans were a minor annoyance, and British public opinion didn't support prolonging the war just to thoroughly thrash the US.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
> In a message dated 2/23/04 6:25:28 AM Eastern Standard Time,
Akimbo71@gmx.net
> writes:
> Actually that war ended in 1776
> We threw the Brits out in 1776 but had to whip em up again in 1812 for
piracy
> and other bad manners. They burned most of my town in 1813 because a local
> took a couple of pot shots at their ships with the only cannon in town.
> Richard Borneman
> Havre de Grace, Md