 Complete the following phrase:  Ross then was persuaded to attack Baltimore, Maryland. He led British troops to the area. At the time, he had no intention whatsoever of attacking Washington, according to a historian. Nonetheless, he marched on the capital and joined his troops with others who had arrived from Bermuda, led by Rear-Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet. In spite of a larger contingent of American defenders, the British captured Washington with a force of 4,500 battle hardened men. On 24 August, the 