Ross, Robert, major-general of the British army, commands expedition to America, viii. 124; arrives in the Potomac, 127; lands in the Patuxent, August 19, 1814, 128; camps at Nottingham, August 21, 129; camps at Marlboro, August 22, 130; camps at Old Fields, August 23, 131; his report of losses at Bladensburg, 144; enters Washington, 145; ix. 21; reported by Serurier as setting fire to furniture in the White House, viii. 146; retires from Washington, 147, 148; takes part in incendiarism, 164; lands his army before Baltimore, 168; killed, 170; ix. 42; intended for command of New Orleans expedition, viii. 311–313; his capture of Washington highly approved by the Prince Regent, 314, 315; his movements synchronous with Jackson’s, 318. “Rossie,” Baltimore privateer, vii. 316, 335. “Rota,” British 38-gun frigate, viii. 205, 206. Rottenburg (see De Rottenburg). Roumanzoff, Count Nicholas, chancellor of the Russian empire, his language about Austria, v. 134; declines to interfere in Danish spoliations, 409, 410, 411; declines to release vessels at Archangel, 415; protests against ukase, 418; offers the Czar’s mediation, vii. 27, 29; left at St. Petersburg, 344, 345; receives Castlereagh’s refusal of mediation in May, 345, 346; favors renewing offer, June 20, 347; authorized by the Czar, July 20, to renew offer, 348; his conduct perplexes the American commissioners, 349; his motives, 350; renews offer of mediation in note of August 28, 351, 353; mortified by the Czar’s treatment, 353, 354; assures Gallatin that mediation was the Czar’s idea, 353; resigns and retires, 354, 355. Roume, Citizen, French agent in St. Domingo, i. 384, 387. Round Head, Indian chief, at the River Raisin, vii. 94; captures Winchester, 96. Rouse’s Point, difficulty in fortifying, viii. 97, 98. Rovigo, Duc de (see Savary). Rule of the war of 1756, that trade illegal in peace should not be permitted in times of war, ii. 322, 323, 329; affirmed by Lord Mulgrave, iii. 48; assumed by James Stephen, 51, 53; applied by the Whigs, 419; insufficient to protect British trade, iv. 100, 319; Erskine reports Gallatin ready to concede, 389; Canning’s demand for express recognition of, v. 53, 55, 72, 104. “Running ships,” vii. 315. Rush, Richard, comptroller of the Treasury, vi. 229; on the loss of the “Chesapeake,” vii. 303; offered the Treasury, 397; appointed attorney-general, 398, 399; attends the President to Bladensburg, viii. 137, 140; and in the subsequent flight, 149, 150; returns to Washington, 157.