 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bay yaizoonazve kurwisana mukati meHondo ya 1812. Mugore ra1813, kubva pachiteshi chavo paTangier Island, mauto ehondo eBritain aitungamirirwa naAdmiral George Cockburn akapamba maguta anoverengeka aiva pamhenderekedzo dzeChesapeake, achibata Bay sokunge yaiva Gungwa reBritain. Chesapeake Bay Flotilla, ngarava dzezvikepe zvine zvombo zvisinganyanyi kudzika pasi pomutungamiriri weU.S. Navy Commodore Joshua Barney, yakaunganidzwa kuti idzivise kupamba kweBritain uye kurwisa. Pashure pemwedzi yokushungurudzwa naBarney, vaBritain vakamhara kumadokero kwePatuxent paBenedict, Maryland, Chesapeake Flotilla yakanyura, uye vaBritain vakafamba nomunyika kuti vakunde U.S. Army paBladensburg ndokupisa U.S. Capitolmuna August 1814. Mazuva mashomanana gare gare mukurwisa kwepincer, vakafambawo vachiyambuka Rwizi rwePotomac kuti varwise Fort Washington pasi peNational Capital uye vakapinda muguta raiva pedyo rechiteshi cheAlexandria, Virginia. 