An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . out by Massachusetts and other colonies captured manymerchantmen and transports,—aggressions which were retaliated bythe burning of Falmouth, and the sacking of other defenceless townson the co;ist. General Washington joined the army at Cambridge on the 2d ofJuly. He found fifteen thousand men encamped around Boston, ili-armed, undisciplined, and disorderly. They were deficient in
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . out by Massachusetts and other colonies captured manymerchantmen and transports,—aggressions which were retaliated bythe burning of Falmouth, and the sacking of other defenceless townson the co;ist. General Washington joined the army at Cambridge on the 2d ofJuly. He found fifteen thousand men encamped around Boston, ili-armed, undisciplined, and disorderly. They were deficient in gun-powder ; but the garrison of ten thousand men in Boston were welJsupplied with munitions of war. The terms of enlistment of manyexpired during the siege, and their numbers were at one timeless than those of the British army. Active operations seemed im-practicable ; but on the 2d of March, 1776, and on the succeedingnights, a heavy bombardment was kept up on the British lines ; andon the 4th, General Thomas, with a strong detachment, took posses-sion of Dorchester Heights, and with the aid of fascines provided byGeneral Ward, they succeeded in erecting works during the oighl EVACUATION OF BOSTON. 6*29. OSNEBAL WARD. 3ufficieni for their defence. Howe was astonished when hi saw theseworks, and he determined to dislodge the Americans. A detachment of about two thousand troops fell down to the castle in tran-sports ; but a furious storm scattered them, and they were unable toproceed to the scene of action. The works were soon renderednearly impracticable; and a council of war, held by the British,decided to evacuate the town as soon as possible. A fortnightafterwards the measure was effected; and at ten in the morning ofthe 17th of March, the royal troops and their adherents, who hadlately held possession of Boston, were sailing away from its shores;and Washington triumphantly entered the city. Thus terminated the siege of Boston. The British proceeded toalifax, and Washing
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