And in 1814, the Canadians just burned it down and didn't even say sorry.
That was more the British that did that , the Canadians laugh about it that the US invasion failed and burned the White House down, the US always brings up the battle of New Orleans and the British....
...didn't give a shit and forgot about it as they were too busy dealing with Napoleon. It was also an extremely British raid as while they were burning it down, a civilian came to the commander saying some soldiers looted her place. He apologised, returned the items, took the soldiers responsible and punished them there as the White House burned.
That was more the British that did that , the Canadians laugh about it that the US invasion failed and burned the White House down, the US always brings up the battle of New Orleans and the British....
...didn't give a shit and forgot about it as they were too busy dealing with Napoleon. It was also an extremely British raid as while they were burning it down, a civilian came to the commander saying some soldiers looted her place. He apologised, returned the items, took the soldiers responsible and punished them there as the White House burned.
We've as choice a British army as ever crossed the seas,
We'll burn both town and city, and with smoke becloud the skies,
We'll subdue the old green mountain boys, their Washington is gone,
And we'll play them Yankee Doodle, as the Yankees did Burgoyne.
We're the noble lads of Canada, come to arms boys come.
…to be fair, there’s probably good reason that song didn’t become more popular.
More?
It was British Infantry. It was literally only the British.
The argument can be made some of them were proto Canadian as if I remember right this was before Canada was recognised as an independent country
I don't think any Canadians served on the British expeditionary force that landed in Maryland.