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美國獨立的第二場戰爭
Second War of American Independence
此戰役於公海上進行、持續了快要三個月之久，其中最猛烈的攻擊要算是英國針對華盛頓採取的攻擊；英國軍隊於1814年8月19日登陸東海岸，並在8月24日猛攻華盛頓，當年六十三歲的麥迪遜在英國士兵火燒華盛頓時僥倖逃走 – 大火蔓延範圍包含白宮跟國會大廈（其中保存有3,000冊書籍的國會圖書館也在這棟大樓）、其後又快速移往馬里蘭州巴爾的摩市。
美國和英國各自贏得幾場小戰爭，最終還是對戰爭生厭進而於1814年12月24日在比利時簽署和平協定；該協定認可了過去美國與英國在北美地區的疆土分界線。您知道哪一首歌是受到這場1812年的戰爭所引發靈感、進而提出創作的嗎？
The war was fought on land and on the sea and lasted almost three years. One of the biggest offensives was the British attack on the capital city of Washington, D.C. British soldiers landed on the East Coast on August 19, 1814, and stormed Washington on August 24. The 63-year-old Madison barely escaped capture as British soldiers burned Washington -- including the White House and the Capitol building (which housed the 3,000-volume Library of Congress at the time) -- before quickly moving on to Baltimore, Maryland.
The United States and Britain each won several important battles. They eventually grew weary of warfare and signed a peace treaty in Belgium on December 24, 1814. The treaty recognized previous existing boundaries between American and British territory in North America. Do you know what famous song was inspired by and written during the War of 1812?
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