On August 24 of this year, British troops captured Washington, D.C. & burned the White House
... British troops enter Washington, D.C. and burn the White House in retaliation 
for the American attack .... British capture and burn Washington ... Eleven years 
after the outbreak of the Mexican War of Independence, Spanish Viceroy Juan de
... [DOC] [TLE] British capture and burn Washington - Aug 24, 1814 - HISTORY.com [PAR] Burning of the White House, 1814 news.