A history of the United States . on of the Americansgave out, and the Britishwere successful. Among thekilled were many officers of rank, including Pitcairn, the Brit-ish commander who had fired the first shot at Lexington, andGeneral Warren,^ one of the foremost of the American British lost one thousand and fifty-four in killed andwounded; the Americans, four hundred and forty-nine. Theforces were relatively small, but, in proportion to the numbers onthe field, the battle was one of the bloodiest engagements of mod-ern times. On both sides the men fought with a bravery worthy 1 Bo
A history of the United States . on of the Americansgave out, and the Britishwere successful. Among thekilled were many officers of rank, including Pitcairn, the Brit-ish commander who had fired the first shot at Lexington, andGeneral Warren,^ one of the foremost of the American British lost one thousand and fifty-four in killed andwounded; the Americans, four hundred and forty-nine. Theforces were relatively small, but, in proportion to the numbers onthe field, the battle was one of the bloodiest engagements of mod-ern times. On both sides the men fought with a bravery worthy 1 Born, 1741; died, 1775. Graduated at Harvard and became physician inBoston; member of committee of correspondence, 1774; a noted orator;chairman of Committee of Public Safety and president of the MassachusettsProvincial Congress in 1775; actively engaged in raising volunteers in 1775;commissioned major general by the Provincial Congress, but waived his rankin favor of the veteran Prescott, and fought and died as a private General Joseph Warren. no THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1775 AND 1776. [§148 of the best traditions of English courage. Of Howes twelvestaff officers every one was either killed or wounded. The bat tie made it evidentthat untrained Amer-ican recruits, whenbehind only tempo-rary defienses, had noneed to be afraid tomeet disciplined vete-rans. The Britishgovernment, dissatis-fied with the con-duct of General Gage,recalled him andhe was supersededby General William Howe.
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