History of Washington, D.C. problems, and plans for further construction to reach the Ohio River were abandoned. During the War of 1812, British forces conducted an expedition between August 19 and 29, 1814, that took and burned the capital city. On August 24, the British routed an American militia, which had gathered at Bladensburg, Maryland to protect the capital (see Battle of Bladensburg). The militia then abandoned Washington without a fight. President James Madison and the remainder of the U.S. government fled the capital shortly before the British arrived. The British then entered and burned the capital during the most notably destructive raid of
Burned (album) Burned (album) Burned was released in 1995 and is the only album to have been released by Electrafixion. The album reached #38 on the UK albums chart in October of that year. "Burned" was originally released in 1995 on CD with eleven tracks. In 2007 the album was reissued in the UK by Korova Records in remastered and expanded form, with the four tracks from the "Zephyr" EP and a remixed version of "Never" on the first CD. A second CD was included containing b-sides and live recordings from their Shepherds Bush Empire concert on 22 October 1995. The tracks