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 .. . ledge of the country enabled them to head off the British troops atevery turn of the road. Thus harassed, they reached Lexington,where they were joined by Lord Percy, who, most opportunely forthem, had arrived with nine hundred men, and two pieces of enemy, now amounting to about eighteen hundred men, havinghalted an hour or two at Lexington, recommenced their march ; b
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 .. . ledge of the country enabled them to head off the British troops atevery turn of the road. Thus harassed, they reached Lexington,where they were joined by Lord Percy, who, most opportunely forthem, had arrived with nine hundred men, and two pieces of enemy, now amounting to about eighteen hundred men, havinghalted an hour or two at Lexington, recommenced their march ; butthe attack from the provincials was simultaneously renewed, and anirregular yet very galling fire was kept up on each flank, as well ason the front and rear. The close firing threw the British intogreat confusion; but they kept up a retreating fire on the militia andminute-men. A little after sunset, the regulars reached BunkersHill, where, exhausted with excessive fatigue, they remained duringthe night, under the protection of the Somerset man-of-war, a\>d thenext morning went into Boston. If the Salem and Marblehead legi-ments had arrived in season to cut off their retreat, in all probabilitybut few of
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