Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1914 — British March on Washington. ’ [ARTICLE]

British March on Washington. ’

One hundred years ago saw thi first practical step in advance of th< British naval and military expeditioi against the city of Washington. Then were two rivers by which Washingtoi might be approached—the Potomac on which it is situated, and the Patux ent, flowing in the rear. The Britlst commander achose the latter, both 01 account of the facility of access ant for the purpose of destroying the fleet of American gunboats which had ta ken refuge in its creeks. This object was successfully accomplished on Au gust 20—fifteen of the gunboats belni destroyed and one captured, togethei with fourteen merchant vessels. Tht next day the British army effected 1 landing.