A history of the United States . Statue of Mintjteman at Concord. The Attempt to Coerce Massachusetts 119 and rear by minuteinen and farmers collected hastily fromthe surrounding country, who fired from behind trees, rocks,and fences. Colonel Smiths troops suffered greatly andwould probably have been forced to surrender, had they notbeen met at Lexington by a strong force under Lord Percy,who had been sent to their relief. In spite of the fact thatPercy had now 1800 men under his command, the Americanscontinued the attack until nightfall, when the British reached. Boston and its Environs. Char
A history of the United States . Statue of Mintjteman at Concord. The Attempt to Coerce Massachusetts 119 and rear by minuteinen and farmers collected hastily fromthe surrounding country, who fired from behind trees, rocks,and fences. Colonel Smiths troops suffered greatly andwould probably have been forced to surrender, had they notbeen met at Lexington by a strong force under Lord Percy,who had been sent to their relief. In spite of the fact thatPercy had now 1800 men under his command, the Americanscontinued the attack until nightfall, when the British reached. Boston and its Environs. Charlestown. The Americans had lost about ninety men andthe British three times as many. The news of the fight at Lexington and Concord spreadrapidly and in a short time the British army in Bostonfound itself besieged by an unorganized body of20,000 patriots. Volunteers from the surround- Bunker HUl,ing colonies soon joined them: New Hampshire J°^ ^7,men under John Stark, Connecticut men underIsrael Putnam, and Rhode Island men under NathanaelGreene. There was not much discipline in this mass, butGeneral Artemas Ward of Massachusetts was finally giventhe chief command. On June 17 was fought the battle of 120 The American Revolution Bunker Hill. As the town of Boston was commanded bythe hilltops of Dorchester and Charlestown, General Gagedetermined as soon as the reinforcements under Howe,Clinton, and Burgoyne arrived to take possession of thesepoints. The patriots, however, forestalled him by sending a forceunder Colonel Prescott to seize Bunker Hill and Char
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