【英文原著类】THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER(星条旗).pdf

THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
THE STAR-SPANGLED
BANNER
by John A. Carpenter
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THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
On August 18, 1814, Admiral Cockburn, having returned with his fleet
from the West Indies, sent to Secretary Monroe at Washington, the
following threat:
SIR: Having been called upon by the Governor-General of the
Canadas to aid him in carrying into effect measures of retaliation against
the inhabitants of United States for the wanton mitted by
their army in Upper Canada, it has e imperiously my duty, in
conformity with the Governor-General's application, to issue to the naval
forces under mand an order to destroy and lay waste such towns
and districts upon the coast as may be found assailable.
His fleet was then in the Patuxent River, emptying into the Chesapeake
Bay. The towns immediately "assailable," therefore, were Baltimore,
Washington, and Annapolis.
Landing at Benedict's, on the Patuxent, the land forces, enervated by a
long sea-voyage, marched the first day to Nottingham, the second to
Upper Marlborough. At the latter place, a town of some importance,
certain British officers were entertained by Dr. Beanes, the principal
physician of that neighborhood; and a man well-known throughout
southern Maryland. His character as a host was forced upon him, but his
services as a physician were freely given, and formed afterward the main
plea for his le