British troops <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington" id="mwoA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Burning of Washington">capture Washington, D.C.</a> and set the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House" id="mwoQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="White House">Presidential Mansion</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol" id="mwog" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Capitol">Capitol</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Navy_Yard" id="mwow" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Washington Navy Yard">Navy Yard</a> and many other public buildings ablaze.<sup about="#mwt61" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"Chase2020"}}' id="cite_ref-Chase2020_11-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_24#cite_note-Chase2020-11" id="mwpA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwpQ">[11]</span></a></sup>