 Complete the following phrase:  Making matters worse, Madison had failed to muster his new Secretary of War John Armstrong to fortify Washington D.C., while Madison had put in command, to stop an impending British invasion, an inexperienced and incompetent Brig. General William Winder. In August 1814, the British landed a large force off the Chesapeake Bay and routed Winders army at the Battle of Bladensburg. The Madisons escaped capture, fleeing to Virginia by horseback, in the aftermath of the battle, but the British 